Question

read the sentence.

she met her friends in the lobby, the bottom floor, of the hotel so that they could head over to the refreshing pool for a cool, brisk swim.

which is the best revision of this sentence?

○ she met her friends in the lobby of the hotel, and they headed over to the pool for a cool, refreshing swim.
○ she met her friends at the hotels bottom floor, which is the lobby, so that they could head over to the swimming pool for a cool, brisk swim.
○ for a cool, brisk, refreshing swim at the hotels pool, she met her friends in the hotels lobby on the bottom floor.
○ the sentence is correct as written.

Explanation:

The original sentence has a misplaced appositive: "the bottom floor" is intended to describe "the lobby", but its placement after "lobby" and before "of the hotel" creates awkward phrasing. The first option rearranges the sentence for clarity, fixes the appositive structure, and uses consistent, logical descriptive terms ("cool, refreshing" instead of redundant/awkward "refreshing pool for a cool, brisk swim") while preserving all key information. The second option misplaces the appositive by defining "bottom floor" as "lobby" (the reverse of the intended meaning). The third option inverts the sentence structure awkwardly and uses redundant descriptive words.

Answer:

A. She met her friends in the lobby of the hotel, and they headed over to the pool for a cool, refreshing swim.