Improving Sentences
Raised in a large and noisy family, it was only when I went away to college that I learned how refreshing solitude could be.
- (A) it was only when I went away to college that I learned how refreshing solitude could be
- (B) when I went away to college I learned how refreshing solitude could be
- (C) going away to college taught me how refreshing solitude could be
- (D) I did not learn how refreshing solitude could be until I went away to college CORRECT ANSWER
- (E) refreshing solitude was unknown to me until I went away to college
Explanation:
Correcting the error in this sentence requires recognizing that the phrase "raised in a large and noisy family" modifies the speaker of the sentence. In choice D, where "I" is introduced, this connection made clearly and directly. The correct sentence reads: Raised in a large and noisy family, I did not learn how refreshing solitude could be until I went away to college.