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.

The dilemma facing the film industry is to decide whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie that grossed $20 million at the box office.

  1. The dilemma facing the film industry is to decide whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie that

  2. The dilemma faced by the film industry is to decide whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie that

  3. The film industry is facing the dilemma in deciding whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie that

  4. The film industry is faced with the dilemma of deciding whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie that

  5. The film industry is faced with the dilemma of deciding whether a change in cinemagoers' taste is signaled by the success of an off-beat, romantic movie, which
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option rectifies 'the film industry' as the subject and also removes the Error of Parallelism.

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