Question

Which revision best replaces a weak verb with a stronger one in the following sentence?

Diego walked onto the stage with such an air of confidence that no one could deduce that he had butterflies in his stomach.
A. Change "deduce" to "see."
B. Change "walked" to "strode."
C. Change "walked" to "shuffled."
D. Change "deduce" to "tell."

Answer 1

Change "walked" to "strode."

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The answer is to change walked to strode. The two verbs in the sentence are walked and deduce. Deduce is already a strong verb meaning it does not need to be changed (thus answers a and d are wrong). If you try replacing walked with strode and shuffled it would make sense to put strode and shuffled does not accurately represent the word "walked" as well as strode. Hope this helps :)