Question

What correction should be made to the following sentence? "With maturity comes the realization t

much of their parents' behavior, once so irritated, was motivated by feelings of love for them."
a. change comes to come
b. change realization to realizing
c. changes parents' to parents
d. changed irritated to irritating
e. no correction is necessary

Answer 1

The correction that should be made is to change 'realization' to 'realizing'. The corrected sentence will convey the ongoing process of coming to understand or realize something.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correction that should be made to the sentence is option b. Change 'realization' to 'realizing'.

The corrected sentence would be: 'With maturity, comes the realizing that much of their parents' behavior, once so irritating, was motivated by feelings of love for them.'

In this case, the noun 'realization' should be changed to the gerund form 'realizing' to convey the ongoing process of coming to understand or realize something.

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