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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.

Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it, library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles is blocked.

Answer Choices

(A) library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles is blocked
(B) it is important to block library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles
(C) the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles are blocked from library access
(D) most major U.S. publishers block library access to the e-book forms of their titles
(E) most major U.S. publishers blocking library access to the e-book forms of their titles

Hint

The subject of a sentence should be placed as close as possible to a phrase that modifies it.

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

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6/1

Dec

10

2012

234,442 responses

Question of the Day Statistics
	Number Answered
Correct	128,244
Incorrect	106,198

54% 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.

Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it, library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles is blocked.

Answer Choices

(A) library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles is blocked
(B) it is important to block library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles
(C) the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles are blocked from library access
(D) most major U.S. publishers block library access to the e-book forms of their titles
(E) most major U.S. publishers blocking library access to the e-book forms of their titles

Answer

Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by placing the subject of the sentence ("most major U.S. publishers") directly after the modifying phrase ("Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it"). The original sentence illogically implies that "library access," rather than the "publisher," is "concerned."