Multiple choice

Directions: Select the best option to fill up the blank.

By the 1990's, trumpeter Wynton Marsali's astonishing technique had earned him ______ the severest of critics.

  1. and he had gathered even the praise of

  2. with the praise of even

  3. even which was the praise of

  4. the praise of even

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

(the praise of even). Option (4) provides the correct word order. Options (1), (2) and (3) make use of unnecessary words, which make the sentence incomplete and meaningless.