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 the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.

We can conceive the relation of end to duty in two ways; either starting from the end to find the dutiful actions; and conversely, setting out from these actions to find the end.

  1. and conversely, setting out from these actions to find the end.

  2. and conversely, setting out from the action to find the end.

  3. or conversely, setting it out from these actions to find the end.

  4. or conversely, setting out from these actions to find the end.

  5. and conversely, setting from these actions to find the end.
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Explanation

Explanation for (1): The sentence bears error of coordinating conjunction. 'Either' should be followed by 'or', not by 'and'.

Explanation for (2): The option does not rectify the error of coordinating conjunction and introduces error of parallelism ('dutiful actions' in place of 'the action').

Explanation for (3): The option rectifies the error of coordinating conjunction but introduces another error (by placing 'it' after 'setting').
Explanation for (4): The sentence bears the error of coordinating conjunction. 'Either' should be followed by 'or', not by 'and'. This option rectifies the error of coordinating conjunction by using 'either-or' together. Explanation for (5): The option does not rectify the error of coordinating conjunction and also introduces another error of preposition by deleting 'out' after 'setting'.

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