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2012
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Writing > Improving Sentences

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.  

They are smaller than their counterparts in Africa, so Asiatic lions can be found only in Gir, a forest region in northwest India.

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Hint

It is illogical to relate the size of Asiatic lions to their location in India. Make sure that the sentence does not draw an illogical connection between the relative size of Asiatic lions and the fact that they are only found in Gir.

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

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6/1

Oct
11
2012
291,326 responses
Question of the Day Statistics
Number Answered
Correct 184,632
Incorrect 106,694
63% correct

Writing > Improving Sentences

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.  

They are smaller than their counterparts in Africa, so Asiatic lions can be found only in Gir, a forest region in northwest India.

Answer Choices

Answer

Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the faulty logic of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “They” and the conjunction “so” so that the size of the two types of lions is the only thing being compared.