Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part. 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. Many psychologists opine that people, when recalling a traumatic experience, often experience distress that is similar to the anguish that they experienced when the actual trauma causing event was taking place.

  1. that is similar to the anguish that they experienced when the actual trauma causing event was taking place

  2. that was similar to the anguish that they had experienced when the actual trauma causing event was taking place

  3. that has been similar to the anguish that they experienced when the actual trauma causing event had been taking place

  4. similar to the anguish that they experienced when the actual trauma causing event had been taking place

  5. similar to the anguish that they had been experiencing when the actual trauma causing event had been taking place

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The sentence contains no error.