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.

If it is the high incidence of crime in a certain part of a large city that requires explanation, the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically real as the phenomenon of crime itself.

  1. the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically real as the phenomenon of crime itself

  2. the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically as real as the phenomenon of crime itself

  3. the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically real as is the phenomenon of crime itself

  4. the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically real as the phenomenon of crime itself

  5. the scientist is obliged to offer his explanation in terms of factors which are empirically real as per the phenomenon of crime itself
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence appears to be muddled in the absence of the simple auxiliary 'is' after 'real as'. Also, 'the scientist' begins a new clause that must be separated by a semi colon rather than a comma. This option corrects both the errors.

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