Question

Correct the sentence below:

So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.

(A) and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,
(B) and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that
(C) her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that
(D) lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,
(E) so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

Answer 1

High School English 10+5 pts

Correct the sentence below:

So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.

High School English 10+5 pts

Correct the sentence below:

So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.

The answer is: (E) so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that.

You have to eliminate "so"

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