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The stranger was affable, with good manners and has a keen wit.
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit
(B) with good manners and a keen wit
(C) well mannered and keen witted
(D) good manners as well as keen witted
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit
(B) with good manners and a keen wit
(C) well mannered and keen witted
(D) good manners as well as keen witted
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit
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The stranger was affable, with good manners and has a keen wit.
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit >> was and has are not parallel.
(B) with good manners and a keen wit>> affable needs another adjective, not a phrase.
(C) well mannered and keen witted>> parallel. I think it is correct.
(D) good manners as well as keen witted>> noun and adjective used together.
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit>> was and has create a parallelism error.
C is the answer.
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit >> was and has are not parallel.
(B) with good manners and a keen wit>> affable needs another adjective, not a phrase.
(C) well mannered and keen witted>> parallel. I think it is correct.
(D) good manners as well as keen witted>> noun and adjective used together.
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit>> was and has create a parallelism error.
C is the answer.
18 Nov 2019, 18:52
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The stranger was affable, with good manners and has a keen wit.
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit
(B) with good manners and a keen wit
(C) well mannered and keen witted
(D) good manners as well as keen witted
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit
(A) with good manners and has a keen wit
(B) with good manners and a keen wit
(C) well mannered and keen witted
(D) good manners as well as keen witted
(E) and has good manners as well as a keen wit
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Correct answer: C
A: Incorrect because it uses a phrase "with ..." to describe the adjective "affable." "With" would be acceptable if the sentence were instead written "The stranger was an affable [noun]." "Has" is also not parallel.
B: Incorrect for the same reason as A.
C: Correct
D: Incorrect as adjectives should be employed to further describe "affable." "Good manners" is a noun phrase and also not parallel with "keen witted."
E: Incorrect as "and" creates a comma error. Since "and" is preceded by a comma, the following clause should be an independent clause (with noun and verb). However, the clause omits the subject. (E) would be correct if it were written, "and (s)he has good manners ..."
