Improving Sentences
Many drivers violate traffic laws knowingly and openly, in other respects they are law-abiding citizens, however.
- (A) Many drivers violate traffic laws knowingly and openly, in other respects they are law-abiding citizens, however.
- (B) Many drivers who are otherwise law-abiding citizens violate traffic laws knowingly and openly. CORRECT ANSWER
- (C) Many drivers violate traffic laws knowingly and openly and are otherwise law-abiding citizens.
- (D) Although otherwise law-abiding citizens, many drivers, however, violate traffic laws knowingly and openly.
- (E) Many drivers which violate traffic laws knowingly and openly are in other respects law-abiding citizens.
Explanation:
A major problem with the sentence is that it is a run-on sentence. The two independent clauses are improperly joined by a comma. Choice B correctly subordinates one of the clauses and avoids the redundancy and wrong choice of relative pronoun marring some of the other choices.