Multiple choice

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices. Rarely has the soul of the sea been so adequately fathomed or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured as Rachel Carson has done in her latest book, “The sea around us”.

  1. Rarely has the soul of the sea been so adequately fathomed or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured

  2. Rarely has the soul of the sea been too adequately fathomed or pictures its thousand faces so delightfully

  3. Rarely the soul of the sea fathoms adequately or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured

  4. The soul of the sea rarely have so adequately fathomed or it's thousand faces, so delightfully pictured
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(A): The (A) choice is absolutely correct, as it maintains parallelism. Options (B) and (C) are not parallel because of verb tense shift. While, there is Subject-Verb agreement problem in (D) and (E) options. Note: Wrong apostrophe usage is also done in the (D) option.

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