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.

In a brief preamble, he touched upon the character of Maria, the reigning Duchess.

  1. he touched upon the character of Maria, the reigning Duchess

  2. he touched on the character of Maria, reigning Duchess

  3. he touched the character of Maria, the reigning Duchess

  4. he touched at the character of Maria, the reigning Duchess

  5. he touched at the character of Maria, who was the reigning Duchess
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Option 1 is grammatically correct.

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