Rearrange the following phrases in the right sequence to form a meaningful sentence:
(A) his role in the past election
(B) for misinterpretation, the senior politician
(C) offered clarification about
(D) leaving aside little room
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Rearrange the following phrases in the right sequence to form a meaningful sentence:
(A) his role in the past election
(B) for misinterpretation, the senior politician
(C) offered clarification about
(D) leaving aside little room
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
Option 1: (B), (A), (C), (D) -> "for misinterpretation, the senior politician his role in the past election offered clarification about leaving aside little room" -> grammatically incorrect and illogical sequence.
Option 2: (D), (B), (C), (A) -> "Leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician offered clarification about his role in the past election" -> forms a complete, grammatically correct, and meaningful sentence.
Option 3: (A), (C), (D), (B) -> "his role in the past election offered clarification about leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician" -> subject-verb agreement is broken and sequence is illogical.
Option 4: (C), (B), (D), (A) -> "offered clarification about for misinterpretation, the senior politician leaving aside little room his role in the past election" -> fragmented and makes no grammatical sense.
Hence, Option 2: (D), (B), (C), (A) -> This arrangement creates a coherent sentence where the introductory participial phrase "leaving aside little room for misinterpretation" modifies the main clause "the senior politician offered clarification about his role in the past election," establishing clear cause-effect relationship and proper sentence structure -> correct