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.

For an Indian woman, imminent motherhood is not only personal fulfilment of an old wish, and an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race.

  1. and an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race

  2. event in which the culture confirms her status as a renewer of the race

  3. but an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race

  4. an event in which the culture confirms the renewal of her status

  5. but an event in which the culture confirms her status as a renewer of the race

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

(E): The correct conjunction after 'not only' should be 'but'. The noun culture is treated as singular, so singular verb 'confirms' should be used. Option (D) completely distorts the meaning being conveyed in the actual sentence.