Craft and StructureHardVerb fixed by 'far from' and 'all the more'
Craft and Structure practice question
Far from ____ the composer's reputation, the discovery of her early failures made her later mastery seem all the more remarkable.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. diminishingCorrect
- B. enhancing
- C. confirming
- D. describing
Answer: A. diminishing
'Far from X' means the opposite of X happened. The discovery made her mastery seem greater, so it was far from 'diminishing' her reputation.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. enhancing
- 'Far from enhancing' would say the discovery did NOT enhance her reputation — but the sentence says it did.
- C. confirming
- 'Confirming' doesn't oppose the sentence's outcome.
- D. describing
- 'Describing' a reputation isn't something a discovery does.
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