Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (1) 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 (1). If not, select one of the other choices.

The optimist contended that since men cannot foresee the future, worry about the future is futile, and that every thing, is inevitably for the best.

  1. The optimist contended that since men

  2. The optimists contend that since men

  3. The optimist contends that, as man

  4. The optimist contends that, as men

  5. The optimist contends that, since men
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E Correct answer
Explanation

corrects the errors of tense and comma splice.

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