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.

The temperature of the village was so reduced by the snowfall that most of the villagers moved their livestock down south.

  1. The temperature of the village was so reduced by the snowfall that

  2. So reduced was the temperature of the village by the snowfall as to make

  3. The snowfall made such a reduction of the temperature of the village that

  4. Of such a reduction was the temperature of the village by the snowfall that

  5. There was such a reduction of the temperature of the village by the snowfall as to make
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A): The original sentence is grammatically correct. All the other options have incorrect phrasing.

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