Question

The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized.

• A. or nothing that has been
• B. or that has been
• C. and nothing that is
• D. or anything that has been
• E. and anything

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

or anything that has been

The sentence given has double negative - the use of 'do not' and then 'nothing' in the same sentence is grammatically incorrect. In the place of 'nothing' the word 'anything should be used to prevent an occurrence of double negative. By this logic, options A and C are incorrect. Secondly, the use of 'and' and 'or'. Here, the use of 'and' would imply that the restriction applies only to a combination of the food artificiality but not each individually. This not what the sentence wants to convey. It wants to convey that the restriction applies to not only a combination of these food additives, chemical preservatives and synthesizers but also each individually. This is better done with the use of 'or'. This logic discards 'C' and 'E'. Option B does not properly complete the parallel structure of the sentence. Therefore, option D is the answer.