Saturday, October 12, 2013

Special Boy With Freakishly Large Brain Wins Spelling Bee

21. Georgia O'Keefe painted landscapes and they express the mystique of both the desert and the mountains of the Southwest.
(A) landscapes and they express
(B) landscapes, being the expressions of
(C) landscapes, they express
(D) landscapes that express
(E) landscapes, and expressing in them



Answer and Explanation:
(A) is grammatically correct but wordy/awkward. (B) is awkward and contains an unnecessary "being". (C) contains a comma splice. (E) is wordy and contains and unnecessary -ing verb. (D) is the correct answer.

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