This question is incomplete. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
Because the football team has won three state championships over the past five years, attendance at the games has gone up more than 200 percent. (14) Our current stadium was built in 1984. (15) It does not have the capacity to hold that many attendees. (16) Tearing down the current stadium to build a new expensive one is not the right solution to the problem.
What is the best way to combine sentences 14 and 15?
Answer:
The best way to combine sentences 14 and 15 is:
A. Our current stadium, built in 1984, does not have the capacity to hold that many attendees.
Explanation:
The subject of sentences 14 and 15 is the same, "our current stadium," which makes it possible to combine the sentences into one. However, what breaks the sentence is the fact that the verbs used in each one are different - "was built" and "does not have." The best way to make this sentence flow is to eliminate the auxiliary "was" and transform "built in 1984" into an appositive, placing it between commas as if we are just giving an extra piece of information about the stadium. Thus, the best option is:
Our current stadium, built in 1984, does not have the capacity to hold that many attendees.
