Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The conventional establishment contempt for the popular in all its forms - music, fashion, popular fiction, soap opera - may seem a full and adequate justification for such a state of affairs.

  1. may seem a full and adequate justification for such a state of affairs

  2. may seem an adequate justification for such a state of affairs

  3. may seem a full justification for such a state of affairs

  4. may seem a full and adequate justification for this state of affairs

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence suffers from the error of redundancy: “Full” and “adequate” both convey the same idea. This option removes the error.