Question

Government officials announced that restrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciative increase in the level of the river resulted from the intermittent showers that had fallen throughout the area the day before.

(A) restrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciative increase in the level of the river

(B) restricting the use of water would continue because there had not been any appreciative increase in the river's level that

(C) the use of water would continue to be restricted because not any appreciable increase in the river's level had

(D) restrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciable increase in the level of the river had

(E) using water would continue being restricted because not any appreciable increase in the level of the river

Answer 1

D). Restrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciable increase in the level of the river had .

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the question, option D i.e. 'restrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciable increase in the level of the river had ' exemplifies the sentence that most appropriately revises the underlined sentence as it is grammatically and semantically coherent. The other options either contains an awkward usage of word('appreciative' in option A, B) or passive voice misuse(option C) or the inappropriate use of being(in option E). Thus, option D is syntactically and semantically appropriate.