read sentence 24. the beauty of the parks and river made the town, eleven miles outside of chicago, feel…
read sentence 24. the beauty of the parks and river made the town, eleven miles outside of chicago, feel like a remote country village. how is this sentence best revised for clarity? a the town was only eleven miles outside of chicago, but the beauty of the parks and river made it feel like a remote country village. b eleven miles outside of chicago, the beauty of the parks and river made the town feel like a remote country village. c the town felt like a remote country village because of the beauty of the parks and river, eleven miles outside of chicago. d chicago was eleven miles outside of the town, and it felt like a remote country village because of the beauty of the parks and river.
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Brief Explanations:
- Option A: It clearly separates the location fact ("The town was only eleven miles outside of Chicago") from the effect of the parks and river ("the beauty of the parks and river made it feel like a remote country village"), making the sentence structure more logical and the meaning easier to understand.
- Option B: The phrase "Eleven miles outside of Chicago" is a dangling modifier. It seems to modify "the beauty" instead of "the town", which is illogical.
- Option C: The phrase "eleven miles outside of Chicago" is misplaced. It should modify "the town" not "the beauty of the parks and river".
- Option D: It has a wrong spatial relationship. It should be the town that is eleven miles outside of Chicago, not the other way around as the option implies.
Answer:
A. The town was only eleven miles outside of Chicago, but the beauty of the parks and river made it feel like a remote country village.