Question

the case for visible storage
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public museums exist for two main reasons: to educate the public and provide stewardship (legal and ethical management, care, documentation, and use) of their collections. unfortunately, due to space constraints, a typical museum only exhibits about ten percent of the items in its collection; the other ninety percent remains in storage. when displaying such a small portion of artifacts severely limits public access and therefore public education. furthermore, maintaining such a large number of artifacts in storage while acquiring additional items makes finding enough suitable storage space difficult, especially for delicate items. a
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to remain true to the goals of education and stewardship, museums should dedicate public access space to visible storage. b also known as open storage, visible storage provides ways to display many items in small or irregular spaces, allowing more artifacts to be on exhibit. c

1. if the writer were to delete the underlined portion, the essay would primarily lose a:

f. suggestion that not all public museums provide proper stewardship for their artifacts.
g. clarification of what public museum stewardship entails.
h. list of reasons for educating the public on stewardship.
j. description of the daily tasks performed by curators.

1. which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?

a. no change
b. with the display of
c. while displaying
d. displaying

1. which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?

f. no change
g. storage makes providing
h. storage, which provides
j. storage, providing

Explanation:

1. The under - lined portion defines what public museum stewardship means, so deleting it would lose the clarification of what it entails.
2. “Displaying” is a gerund that functions as the subject of the sentence, making the sentence grammatically correct.
3. “storage, which provides” creates a non - restrictive relative clause that is grammatically correct and makes the sentence flow well.

Answer:

1. G. clarification of what public museum stewardship entails.
2. D. Displaying
3. H. storage, which provides