Multiple choice

Choose the best sentence after changing the highlighted words (simple infinitives) into gerunds.

Sentence - To see nothing, to feel nothing, to demand nothing, relieves us from the fear of failure of action.

  1. Seeing nothing, feeling nothing, demanding nothing, relief us from the fear of failure of action, from weariness.

  2. Seeing feeling and demanding nothing, relieves us from the fear of failure of action, from weariness.

  3. Seeing nothing, feeling nothing, demanding nothing, relieving us from the fear of failure of action, from weariness.

  4. Seeing nothing, feeling nothing, demanding nothing, relieves us from the fear of failure of action, from weariness.

  5. Seeing nothing, feeling nothing, demanding nothing, relieves us from the fear of failing of action, from weariness.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (4) is grammatically the most correct option. Option (1) is incorrect because of violation of Subject Verb Agreement. Option (2) is incorrect because reducing the word 'nothing' has also reduced the emphasis in the sentence. Option (3) is incorrect because 'relieves' has been changed into 'relieving', which has made the sentence grammatically incorrect. Option (5) is incorrect because 'failure' has been converted into 'failing', which is grammatically incorrect.

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