Bunuel wrote:
International sporting events need not be fiscal disasters, the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact.
(A) the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates that fact
(B) for example, the 1992 Olympic Games were financially successful
(C) like the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
(D) a fact demonstrated by the 1992 Olympic Games, which were financially successful
(E) as the financial success of the 1992 Olympic Games demonstrates
Correct Answer: E
A: Run-on (each clause has a subject and verb).
B: Also a run-on. If the comma after disasters were a semi-colon, B would be acceptable.
C: "Like" is being used here, incorrectly, as "as" (meaning, effectively, "for example").
D: Wordy, and "a fact" is not an ideal construction (when "as" works perfectly fine). Further, compared to E, D names the Olympic Games as evidence, while E names the
financial success of those games as evidence.
E: Correct
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