Question

A part in the following sentence is italicized. The italicized part may or may not be grammatically incorrect. One answer choice may improve the construction. If any one part improves the construction, pick it up. If no change is needed, mark 'E'.
His joyous youth attracted everyone.
(A) Jolly youth enchanted everyone.
(B) Blithe youth charmed everyone.
(C) Vivacious youth attracted everyone.
(D) Festal youth dragged everyone.
(E) No change

Answer 1

Hint: In order to convey a proper meaning of the sentence or even a phrase, it is very important to use the adjective in the right form. Words pertaining to the same meaning also cannot be used to replace each other sometimes.

Complete step by step answer:
1. In order to affirm the part that, the first part of the given sentence is eventually incorrect because it is incorrect to use the word 'joyous' with youth. And because of its usage, the meaning of the sentence is unclear.
2. Now, let us consider the first option. The use of 'jolly' with 'youth' does not fit right. This adjective can be used with common nouns but it is not generally used as adjectives to abstract nouns. Hence, this option is not the desired one.
3. In the second option, the word 'blithe' is used. Blithe means showing a casual or cheerful indifference, often considered to be callous and improper. The usage of the terms 'blithe youth' and 'enchanted' are contradictory to one another. Hence, the sentence is not correctly formed.
4. Similarly, we can see the word 'festal' used in the fourth sentence. The word festal means characteristics of a celebration. Therefore, the usage of the word 'dragged' with 'festal' is improper and hence, the sentence is also incorrect.
5. In the third sentence, we can see the usage of the word ‘vivacious’ which means attractively lively and animated. This word completely justifies the use of 'attracted' later in the sentence. Therefore, this option is correct as here the combination of the adjective and the verb is just perfect and contributes to a meaningful sentence. Additionally, we can see that the word ‘everyone’ was wrongly written in the question sentence.

Note:
Here the word ‘joyous’ is an adjective. If you will notice, you will find the word ‘youth’ is a noun. This noun is implied with the adjective ‘joyous’ but it is wrong. And, we found the word ‘vivacious’ in replace of that. The word ‘vivacious’ is an adjective too. The word ‘everyone’ is a pronoun which is used in the object of the sentence.