Question

revising and editing
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kamal is writing an informational article about super - tasters and non - tasters—people with an unusual sense of taste. in his article, several sections of text have been underlined. in each instance, the underlined text may require a correction or revision. read kamals article, paying special attention to the underlined text, and then answer the questions that follow.
a matter of taste
(1) suppose a restaurant served salad made using the bitterest produce in the market. (2) some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness. (3) others would finish their plates without a second thought. (4) what accounts for this disparity in peoples sense of taste? (5) the answer lies in the differences in our cellular makeup.
kamal would like to add more variety to the sentence types in his first paragraph. which revision correctly turns sentences 2 and 3 into a complex sentence?
a. some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness, others would finish their plates without a second thought.
b. some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness, and others would finish their plates without a second thought.
c. while some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness, others would finish their plates without a second thought.
d. while some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness, some would happily eat it all up; the rest would finish their plates without much thought at all.

Explanation:

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Option C uses the subordinating conjunction "While" to create a dependent - clause "While some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness" and an independent clause "others would finish their plates without a second thought". Options A and B are compound sentences (joined by a coordinating conjunction like "and" or no conjunction in A), and option D is overly convoluted and not the best way to form a complex sentence from the given two sentences.

Answer:

C. While some diners would wince in pain from the bitterness, others would finish their plates without a second thought.