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.
Because the traffic on the freeways is heavy, it will take no more time for you to go from I91 as going from 15N.

  1. as going

  2. as it will do to go

  3. as to go

  4. than going
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Choice D is correct because it preserves parallelism and uses “than” rather than “As”.

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