Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part 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.

It was the favorite place for my dog who loved running alongside my car over the ancient bridge.

  1. alongside my car over the ancient bridge.

  2. besides my car over the ancient bridge.

  3. along my car over the ancient bridge.

  4. beside my car on ancient bridge.

  5. in the side of my car on the ancient bridge.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Justification for (1): The sentence is grammatically correct. Use of ‘alongside’ is correct. The bridge is ‘over’ a gulf, so ‘over the bridge’ is also correct expression.

Explanation for (2): This option introduces prepositional error by replacing correct preposition ‘alongside’ with incorrect preposition ‘besides’.

Explanation for (3): This option introduces prepositional error by replacing correct preposition ‘alongside’ with incorrect preposition ‘along’.
Explanation for (4): Though use of ‘beside’ is correct in this option, another error (prepositional) is introduced (‘on’ in place of ‘over’). Explanation for (5): The option is grammatically incongruent. Thus, it can be safely ruled out.

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