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.

Dr. Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize for discovering how the body can constantly change its genes to fashion a seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at an invading microbe or foreign substance.

  1. seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each specifically targeted at

  2. seeming unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically to

  3. seeming unlimited number of antibodies, all specifically targeted at

  4. seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, all of them targeted specifically to

  5. seemingly unlimited number of antibodies, each targeted specifically at

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E Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'seeming unlimited' is grammatically incorrect. The correct adverb form 'seemingly' should modify the adjective 'unlimited.' Also, 'targeted at' is the correct idiom. Option E fixes both the adverb-adjective construction and uses proper phrasing.

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