Question

Direction: In each of the following sentences, the incorrect part of the sentence is underlined. Choose an alternative from the four given options so that the sentence is rendered correct.
"Written in plain language to be accessible, the book's complexity of ideas surprised many readers."

• A. many readers were surprised by the book's complexity of ideas
• B. the complexity of ideas in the book surprised many readers
• C. it was the book's complexity of ideas that surprised many readers
• D. the book, surprising many readers with its complexity of ideas,

Hint:

Avoid dangling modifiers
The subject after a modifier must logically match it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: This question tests dangling modifier. The phrase “Written in plain language…” should describe the book, but in the given sentence it incorrectly seems to modify “complexity of ideas.”

Step 1: Identify the error.
The sentence suggests that “complexity of ideas” was written in plain language, which is illogical.

Step 2: Fix the subject-modifier relationship.
The correct subject after the modifier should be the book.

Step 3: Check options.

• (A) Changes structure but still awkward $\times$
• (B) Correct and clear meaning $\checkmark$
• (C) Unnecessarily complex sentence $\times$
• (D) Incomplete structure $\times$

Step 4: Correct sentence.
\[ \text{Written in plain language to be accessible, the complexity of ideas in the book surprised many readers.} \]

Step 5: Conclusion.
Thus, the correct answer is (B).