Multiple choice

Adam's witty sense of humor, like his father, is very popular among his friends.

 

Each of the sentence correction questions presents a sentence, part or all 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. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity and redundancy.

 

  1. Adam's witty sense of humor, like his father

  2. Adam's witty sense of humor as his father

  3. Adam's witty sense of humor, similar to his father

  4. Adam's witty sense of humor, like that of his father

  5. Adam's witty sense of humor is like his father, and
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Explanation

'sense of humor' an abstraction is being compared to 'that of his father' an abstraction.

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