Direction.
In the following questions, in the given sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative.
Eaten in Portugal only, the Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they assumed it had poisonous properties since only the white skinned people consumed it.
Indians viewed the potato with suspicion for they
Indians were suspicious of the potato and they
potato was viewed with suspicion by Indians who
potato was suspicious to Indians, and it was
Correct Answer :
C. potato was viewed with suspicion by Indians who
The first part of the sentence is directed at a subject, which is eaten in portugal only, i.e., the potato, therefore the comma should be followed by a phrase with potato as its subject and not Indians. Of (c) & (d), (c) is the right option because suspicious to Indian is not an appropriate usage.
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