Question

Which of the following corrects the error in meaning and usage in the sentence below? The angler fish has a rather strange lumine appendage that looks like something to eat if you are another fish looking for a sumptuous meal.

a) Change strange to strangely
b) Change lumine to luminescent
c) Change appendage to append
d) Change sumptuous to sumptual

Answer 1

I think the correct answer among the choices presented above is option B. The error in the meaning and the usage of a word in the sentence can be corrected by changing lumine to luminescent.

The angler fish has a rather strange luminescent appendage that lookslike something to eat if you are another fish looking for a sumptuous meal.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. change lumine to luminescent.

We need an adjective in front of the word appendage and lumine is not an adjective. It is a verb, a rather obsolete verb, which means the same as to illuminate, to brighten up. On the other hand, luminescent is an adjective, and it means producing light.