Verb modifier and Pronouns

[gilles.nkana]

The record of the past is always incomplete, and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects the preoccupations of their own time.
(A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects
(B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect
(C) a historian writing about it inevitably reflects
(D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect
(E) historians in writing about it inevitable reflect

[smohit04]

D.

Since the original sentence uses '... their own time' so the correct answer choice should have plural antecedent, leaving with answer choices D and E.

usage of inevitable is incorrect in E. It should be 'inevitably'. So the correct answer should be D.

[jnelson0612]

gilles, please post the original source of this problem.