Craft and StructureMediumAdjective fixed by inconsistency
Craft and Structure practice question
The fines seemed ____: identical offences drew wildly different penalties depending on which officer happened to write the ticket.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. arbitraryCorrect
- B. consistent
- C. lenient
- D. unavoidable
Answer: A. arbitrary
Penalties that vary by chance rather than by any rule are 'arbitrary'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. consistent
- 'Consistent' is exactly what the colon shows the fines were NOT.
- C. lenient
- 'Lenient' means mild; the sentence is about variation, not mildness.
- D. unavoidable
- 'Unavoidable' doesn't describe fines that depend on who writes them.
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