Question

The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternative, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.

Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty, reflect the genre's rural origins.

• A. Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty,
• B. Modern bluegrass songs thorugh their telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty
• C. Because modern bluegrass songs tell of love and despair and also celebrating mountain beauty, they
• D. With modern bluegrass songs that tell of love and despair and celebrate mountain beauty, they
• E. Telling of love and despair, modern bluegrass songs celebrating mountain beauty, and they also

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Modern bluegrass songs, telling of love and despair and celebrating mountain beauty,

The sentence is correct as is: it has a sound sentence construction with no grammatical errors. It uses correct verb forms and punctuation. Thus A is the correct answer.