Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the parts to express that he was so kind and generous that he not only helped others himself but also made others help; choose the correct sequence.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: PSRQ

Explanation:

Given data

  • Starter: 'He was so kind and generous that'
  • P: he not only
  • S: helped them himself
  • R: but also
  • Q: made others do so

Concept/ApproachThe correlative pair 'not only... but also...' must frame two parallel actions. Here, the actions are 'helped them himself' and 'made others do so'.

Step-by-step reconstructionForm: '... he not only helped them himself but also made others do so.'Sequence: PSRQ.

VerificationParallelism is preserved and the correlative conjunctions are correctly placed.

Common pitfallsSwapping S and Q breaks parallel structure and weakens clarity.

Final AnswerCorrect order: PSRQ.

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