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.

Because the financial review covered only the last few fiscal years, and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible earlier overpayments.

  1. and therefore the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible

  2. so therefore the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of

  3. therefore the investigators were unable to determine the possible extent of

  4. the investigators were not capable of determining the possible extent of

  5. the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence begins with 'Because,' which creates a dependent clause. Option E removes the unnecessary 'and therefore' to create a complete sentence. The other options either create fragments or add redundancy with 'so therefore' and 'not capable of.'

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