Multiple choice

The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and most devastating since the floods of 1951.

  1. The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and most devastating since the floods of 1951.

  2. Since 1951, no floods until 1984 had devastated more than a million people and left them displaced.

  3. Most devastated since 1951, the floods of 1984 displaced more than a million people.

  4. The floods in 1984 displaced more than a million people and were the most devastating since the floods in 1951.

  5. The floods of 1984, most devastating from 1951, displaced more than one million people.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the sentence is clear and unambiguous about the devastation and about the comparison of the magnitude of the floods of 1951 and 1984.

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