After a long day of waiting in line to get tickets to popular monuments, trekking through the thousands of exhibits in the Smith
sonian buildings, and lugging camera equipment in the summer heat, a refreshing break from touring our nation's capital is a night out to see the Capitol Steps, they are a comedy troupe performing since 1981. This lively and talented group of performers offers a constantly changing musical review satirizing the political scandals of the moment. The three originators, all gathered at a Christmas office party for Senator Charles Percy, began their venture into political satire soon after, the current troupe performs regularly at the theater in the Ronald Reagan Building, the ensemble has also recorded twenty-eight albums. These albums include such hit favorites as "Cheney Get Your Gun," "Duke of Oil," "I'm So Indicted," more recently, they have written "Barack Around the Clock." The entire cast participates in both creating and performing the material, each show is a side-splitting lesson in contemporary politics. Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?
a. the Smithsonian buildings, lugging camera equipment
b. the Smithsonian buildings; and lugging camera equipment
c. the Smithsonian buildings. Lugging camera equipment
d. no revision is necessary
As per the question, the underlined phrase 'popular monuments, trekking through the thousands of exhibits' does not require a revision as it is both grammatically and syntactically appropriate and <u>successfully accomplishes the meaning</u> of the paragraph. The underlined phrases <u>follows the parallel structure adequately(through the use of nouns in the list of items(monuments, exhibits) in a parallel frame).</u> Therefore, it does not require any kind of revision and hence, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
