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Standard English Conventions practice question

Built in 1900 and restored twice since, ____

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. the station still serves four trains a day.Correct
  2. B. four trains a day still stop at the station.
  3. C. there are still four trains a day at the station.
  4. D. the station's four trains a day still run.

Answer: A. the station still serves four trains a day.

The thing built and restored must be the subject after the modifier.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. four trains a day still stop at the station.
The trains were not built in 1900.
C. there are still four trains a day at the station.
There was not built in 1900.
D. the station's four trains a day still run.
The trains, not the station, become the subject.

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