0QUESTION
REPHRASE THE SENTENCE IN THE BEST MANNER POSSIBLE
In leading newspapers and magazines, young girls and women were continually confronted by false
images of incredibly thin women, which could create lifelong psychological damage.
(a) In leading newspapers and magazines, young girls and women were continually confronted by
false images of incredibly thin women, which could create lifelong psychological damage.
(b) In leading newspapers and magazines, young girls and women were continually confronted with
false images of incredibly thin women, which could create lifelong psychological damage.
(c) In leading newspapers and magazines, which could create lifelong psychological damage, young
girls and women were continually confronted with false images of incredibly thin women.
(d) In leading newspapers and magazines, young girls and women were continually confronted with
false images of incredibly thin women, who could create lifelong psychological damage
ANSWER
b Option (a) has an error of preposition. ‘Confronted
with’ is the correct usage. Option (d) is incorrect as
the pronoun ‘who’ has been used incorrectly. In option
(c) the modifying phrase ‘which could create lifelong
psychological damage’ has been incorrectly placed. It
modifies ‘images’ not newspapers and magazines
