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.

A balding, smooth faced man, he could have been anywhere between forty and sixty, lured many women towards him.

  1. A balding, smooth faced man, he could have been anywhere between forty and sixty.

  2. He could have been anywhere between forty and sixty, a balding, smooth faced man.

  3. Anywhere between forty and sixty he could have been, a balding smooth faced man.

  4. Between forty and sixty anywhere, he could have been, a balding smooth faced man.

  5. He could have been a balding, smooth faced man, between forty and sixty.

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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A): The adjective phrase has been wrongly placed in all the other three options.

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