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Somber in tone and menacing in content, the leader of the 24 Jul 2022, 19:44
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Somber in tone and menacing in content,- modify the leader,
The leader whose tone is somber and menacing?
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This interpretation doesn't make sense, because people don't have "content". The sentence is talking about the content of a message.
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Somber in tone and menacing in content,- modify the leader,
The leader whose tone is somber and menacing?

This interpretation doesn't make sense, because people don't have "content". The sentence is talking about the content of a message.
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hello RonTargetTestPrep ,

how can we choose between D & E ? I am really struggling to get intended meaning of the sentence.
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Somber in tone and menacing in content,- modify the leader,
The leader whose tone is somber and menacing?

This interpretation doesn't make sense, because people don't have "content". The sentence is talking about the content of a message.



hello RonTargetTestPrep ,

how can we choose between D & E ? I am really struggling to get intended meaning of the sentence.
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Hello ankitbagla,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the phrase "little hope for the hostages to be released" fails to form any coherent meaning.

Further, Option E is also needlessly wordy due to its use of the phrase "that was sent by" in place of the phrase "sent by", which is used in Option D.

We hope this helps.
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The difference at the end of these choices has to do with idioms. "Hope for [noun] to [verb]" isn't idiomatic.

You can also notice that "the message that was sent..." contains extra wordiness that adds no value, relative to "the message sent...". You can eliminate choices that are needlessly wordy (compared to other, more concise choices), with the same confidence as you can eliminate actual errors.
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