Read the sentence. Mr. Richardson is shopping for the perfect shelf on which to display his bowling trophy. How could a writer best revise this sentence to avoid overly formal language?

A. by inserting an adverb between the two parts of the infinitive

B. by switching from active voice to passive voice.

C. by choosing to end the sentence in a preposition

D. by switching from passive voice to active voice

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Miley Reynolds

16 May, 12:30

Read the sentence. Mr. Richardson is shopping for the perfect shelf on which to display his bowling trophy. How could a writer best revise this sentence to avoid overly formal language?

A. by inserting an adverb between the two parts of the infinitive

B. by switching from active voice to passive voice.

C. by choosing to end the sentence in a preposition

D. by switching from passive voice to active voice

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Julie Bridges · Answer 1

C: by choosing to end the sentence in a preposition.

Explanation:

In order to avoid overly formal language, a writer could revise the sentence by moving the preposition "on" which was placed before "which", therefore ending the sentence with this preposition. Prepositions normally precede nouns or pronouns, and wre considered ungrammatical to end sentences with them, but they are now accepted in colloquial form. So, in informal English, the sentence becomes: Mr. Richardson is shopping for the perfect shelf to display his bowling trophy on.