Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Grammar · hard
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
- Being a holiday, the employees stayed home.
- Because of it was a holiday, the office was closed.
- Because it was a holiday, the office was closed.
- Because it was a holiday, so the office was closed.
Answer
C. Because it was a holiday, the office was closed.
Solution
"Being a holiday" dangles (the employees were not a holiday); "because of" cannot take a clause; "because" and "so" should not both be used.
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