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Directions: The underlined part the following sentence may have an error of grammar or syntax. The part has been rewritten in options (B) to (E) in four different ways - (A) being an exact restatement of the underlined part. Pick up the option (B) or (C) or (D) or (E) that corrects the error in the underlined part, if any. If there is no error, mark (A).

The argument that the dominant form of family structure today is not the nuclear family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families, the amount of vertical and horizontal communication between family subunits, and the extent to which family members offer assistance to one another.

  1. family, but rather it is a family which is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

  2. family, but is instead a family that is modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist

  3. family, which has been modified and extended, is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

  4. family but a modified extended family is based on a number of facts: the existence of three-generational families

  5. family, but also a modified and extended family, is based on a number of facts: three-generational families exist
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(A) is eliminated as the pronoun 'it' does not indicate what is it used for? (B) is wordy and redundant. Similarly (C) is also eliminated. (E) is not complete, as 'but also' does not have a context like 'not only'.  (D) is the answer.

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