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.

A considerable number of words and a few consecutive texts, transcribed in the magazine necessarily will have to be assessed as evidence of contemporary English pronunciation by students of the subject.

  1. transcribed in the magazine necessarily will have to be assessed

  2. transcribed from the magazine necessarily will have to be assessed

  3. transcribed from the magazine will have to be assessed

  4. transcribed in the magazine will necessarily have to be assessed

  5. transcribed in the magazine will have to be assessed
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): The adverb 'necessarily' is misplaced in this sentence. The correct phrase is 'will necessarily have to be assessed'.

Explanation for (2): This option does not rectify the error of misplaced adverb and also introduces another error of preposition ('from' in place of 'in').

Explanation for (3): This option introduces another error of preposition ('from' in place of 'in').
Justification for (4): The adverb 'necessarily' is misplaced in this sentence. The correct phrase is 'will necessarily have to be assessed'. This option corrects the error of misplaced adverb. Explanation for (5): This option does not rectify the error of misplaced adverb but deletes it altogether.

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