Question

Identify the error and rewrite the underlined statement without altering its meaning-
Although appearing less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year—they are often green and striped, or have plenty of bumps and bruises—heirlooms are more flavorful and thus in increasing demand.
a- Although appearing less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year
b- Although heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year, appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins
c- Although they appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year
d- Grown from seeds saved during the previous year, heirloom tomatoes appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins
e- Heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year, although they appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence is trying to indicate that although heirloom tomatoes appear to be less appetizing, they tend to be richer in flavor. Hence, there is an increase in demand. We need to change the underlined part in such a way that it indicates the described meaning.

Complete answer:
We need to replace the modifier ‘although’ with a suitable verb, that will further modify the subject.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘Although appearing less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year’ is an incorrect option, because no verb has been used to modify the subject.
Option b- ‘Although heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year, appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins’ is the correct option, because the modifier, ‘appearing’ has been replaced with a verb for the subject.
Option c- ‘Although they appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year’ is an incorrect option, because no verb has been given to modify the subject.
Option d- ‘Grown from seeds saved during the previous year, heirloom tomatoes appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins’ is an incorrect option, because both the independent clauses have not been joined with proper conjunction.
Option e- ‘Heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year, although they appear less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins’ is an incorrect option because no verb has been given for the subject. The correct answer is Option ‘b’.
Note:
 We can see a modifier ‘appearing’ in the passage, which is used to indicate a contrasting statement. Hence, we need to replace the modifier with a verb for the subject ‘heirloom tomatoes’.