Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence tests 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. In many areas water was long considered a free commodity, available to the farmer at not any more than the price to transport it.

  1. at not any more than the price to transport it.

  2. at no more than the costs of transportation.

  3. for not any more than are the costs of it's transportation.

  4. for no more than the price of transporting it.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(D): Only D is logical, idiomatic and unambiguous. A and C are wordy and awkward and both use “not any more “than“ no more”. (B) replaces 'price' by 'costs'. In (E) the phrase “the price that it costs” is redundant.

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