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.

Though early humans first experienced the high of alcohol by eating fermenting fruits, but it was the Mesopotamian people who first brewed alcohol deliberately.

  1. fruits, but it was the Mesopotamian people who first brewed alcohol deliberately

  2. fruits, but it had been the Mesopotamian people who first brewed alcohol deliberately

  3. fruits, it was, however, the Mesopotamians who first brewed alcohol deliberately

  4. fruits, it was the Mesopotamians who first brewed alcohol deliberately

  5. fruits; the Mesopotamians were the first people to deliberately brew alcohol
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option removes the error of correlative conjunction by removing 'but'.

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