According to some records, Carl Sandburg _____ was expelled from West Point Academy According to some records, Carl Sandburg _____ was expelled from West Point Military Academy because of deficiencies in English. A. his poetry and literary genius B. whose poetry and literary genius C. he was a poet and literary genius D. poet and literary genius Note: I feel none of the answers works. The solution says the correct answer is B… Here is my reading of the sentence with B. filled in: Carl’s poetry and literary genius was expelled from a Military Academy. It would be strange if the word “genius” here is used to refer to a relation of Carl. So it can't be that. If the word is used to mean an unusual ability, then it is also strange. I thought we can only expel a person from a school, not his ability. Would you accept it as as a grammatically correct and complete sentence? Thanksmaybe B. should be "with poetry and literary genius"?