Lesson: Sentence Correction Basic - 16

A Common Wrong Answer Choice

We saw in an earlier example that an answer choice can be wrong if it changes the meaning of the original sentence. Sometimes the meaning of the original sentence will need to change in order to fix an error. However, this is not often the case; unless the change is absolutely necessary, the correct answer choice will not distort the meaning of the original sentence.

That means that you should make an effort to look beyond the grammar of the sentence when you're reading it and think about what it means. Any answer choice that makes unnecessary alterations to that meaning is wrong. In this sense, these questions also test your reading comprehension skills, not just your knowledge of grammar.

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