sentence7:nevertheless,as a nation we are being more and more concerned with housing that does far more than support physical survival.
if you rewrote sentence 7 beginning with housing that does far more than support physical survival
the next words would be:
a)as a nation
b)concerns us,as a nation
c)we are being
d)we are concerned
e)we,as a nation
There is only one that makes sense grammatically. Which one do you think it is? And why?
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a)as a nation
The correct answer would be "d) we are concerned."
To rewrite sentence 7 beginning with "housing that does far more than support physical survival," you can say, "We are concerned as a nation about housing that does far more than support physical survival."
Explanation:
To determine the correct answer, let's break down the original sentence: "Nevertheless, as a nation we are being more and more concerned with housing that does far more than support physical survival."
In this sentence, the phrase "as a nation" comes after the word "nevertheless" and does not directly follow the main subject (we) and verb (are). Therefore, it would not be appropriate to begin the sentence with "as a nation."
Option a) "as a nation" is incorrect because it has already been used in the original sentence and would result in repetition.
Option b) "concerns us, as a nation" is also incorrect because it does not maintain the original meaning of the sentence. In the original sentence, it is stated that "we are being more and more concerned," which implies our increasing level of concern. Starting the sentence with "concerns us" would change the meaning to imply that the concerns are external to us.
Option c) "we are being" is incorrect because it does not maintain the original structure of the sentence. Starting the sentence with "we are being concerned" would lead to repetition of the verb phrase "are being," which is unnecessary.
Option e) "we, as a nation" is incorrect because it changes the original meaning of the sentence. The original sentence implies that as a nation, we are collectively concerned. Using "we, as a nation" could imply that only a specific group within the nation is concerned.
Thus, the correct answer is d) "we are concerned." This option maintains the original meaning of the sentence while incorporating the phrase "housing that does far more than support physical survival" in a grammatically correct way.