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William H. Johnson’s artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife’s Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway.

(A) and
(B) to
(C) and to
(D) with
(E) in addition to


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paintings that range from sensitive portraits to awe-inspiring views

B, is the best choice.
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BCorrect Idiomatic Usage: From X to Y
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William H. Johnson’s artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife’s Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway.
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(C) and to
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Idiom - from X to Y.
Debt ..... is evident in paintings that range from (sensitive...home,Kertiminde) to (awe-inspiring views...).
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Correct idiom usage is "from X to Y"
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Idiom From X to Y - Fairly easy to eliminate the rest of options
Answer B
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William H. Johnson’s artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife’s Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring views of fjords and mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway.

Issues: Idiom

Analysis: The sentence is describing the range of the paintings using idiom ".. range from X to Y". Hence, option (B) is correct answer.

(A) and
(B) to
(C) and to
(D) with
(E) in addition to
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OE:
Idiom; Logical predication
The correct idiom is range from x to y. In this sentence, the correct idiom
is paintings that range from sensitive portraits . . . to awe-inspiring
views.
A. And does not complete the idiomatic expression correctly.
B. Correct. In this sentence, to correctly completes the idiomatic
construction range from x to y.
C. And to does not complete the idiomatic expression correctly.
D. With does not complete the idiomatic expression correctly.
E. In addition to does not complete the idiomatic expression correctly.
The correct answer is B.
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