Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which 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. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history of various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

  1. Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are

  2. Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,

  3. Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are

  4. Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence has two issues: (1) 'local history of various ethnic groups' should be 'local history or various ethnic groups' to show these are two different categories of museums, and (2) the 'Although' clause doesn't create a proper contrast with the main clause. Option D fixes both by changing 'of' to 'or' and replacing 'Although' with 'and there are also,' which properly connects the two independent clauses.

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