The ancient Lingalas cultivated such native rainforest vegetation as the Catharanthus roseus, and is now commonly called Madagascar periwinkle in Western India and other parts of South Asia
(A) what they now commonly call
(B) a plant that they now commonly call
(C) now commonly called
(D) and is now commonly called
(E) which it is now commonly called
Doubt- In the below question, option C has 2 sentences with comma. Dont we need any conjunctions ? 'Now commonly' can it be subject for second sentence ?
Let’s understand the sentence structure of the given sentence.
Subject- Ancient Lingalas
Predicate- cultivated such native rainforest vegetation as the Catharanthus roseus
What is commonly called Madagascar periwinkle? - Catharanthus roseus
Therefore “commonly called Madagascar periwinkle” is a modifier that modifies "Catharanthus roseus" and is not the subject.
We don’t need to use a conjunction as we are not connecting two clauses/ sentences here.
The sentence says- Ancient Lingalas cultivated such native rainforest vegetation as the Catharanthus roseus. The rest of the sentence is giving more details/ is modifying Catharanthus roseus.
Hope it is clear. Please let me know if you have more queries.