Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

The burgeoning demand for food, shrinking farmlands, and stagnating crop yield has all but ensured that the poor will struggle to put food on the table.

  1. The burgeoning demand for food, shrinking farmlands, and stagnating crop yield has

  2. The burgeoning demand for food, as well as shrinking farmlands and stagnating crop yields have

  3. The burgeoning demand for food, shrinking farmlands, and stagnating crop yield have

  4. The burgeoning demand for food, the shrinking farmlands and the stagnating crop yields, has

  5. The burgeoning demand for food, the shrinking farmlands and the stagnant crop yields, have
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; removes subject-verb error by using plural verb 'have' for plural subject

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