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.

Regardless of one's personal beliefs, you have the responsibility to report the facts as impartially as possible.

  1. Regardless of one's personal beliefs

  2. Regardless of one's personal belief

  3. Regardless of personal beliefs

  4. Disregarding one's personal beliefs

  5. Without paying regard to your personal beliefs

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): There is an unnecessary shift of pronoun from 'you' to 'one's'.

Explanation for (2): There is an unnecessary shift of pronoun from 'you' to 'one's'. This option fails to correct the error and unnecessarily changes the number.

Justification for (3): There is an unnecessary shift of pronoun from 'you' to 'one's'. This option rectifies the error by omitting the redundant pronoun.
Explanation for (4): This option fails to correct the error and unnecessarily changes meaning of the sentence. Explanation for (5): This option rectifies the error of shift of pronoun but changes the meaning of the sentence altogether.