Question

Replace the needless words with more appropriate choices. The candidates debated the current policies were appropriate the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.

Answer 1

An alternative way to paraphrase the sentence given is:

"The candidates debated if the current policies were appropriate due to changes in the economy, shifts in the population, and end of war.

In this case, the use of parallel structures helps make the sentence more coherent by using the same grammar patterns. The grammar pattern is noun+prepositional phrase:

• Changes in economy
• Shifts in the population
• End of war

Answer 2

A new sentence with more appropriate choices would be “The candidates debated whether the current policies were appropriate, since the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.”. The changes made in the sentences were:

* Introduction of the conjunction “whether” involving alternatives, together with the verb “debate” that has this meaning.

* Introduction of the conjunction “since” with the meaning “in view of the fact that” or “because”. This is so to give reasons to the debate (“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”).