Question

resolving an economic crisis
(1) the stock market crashed in 1929, the united states entered a severe economic downturn called the great depression. (2) as the crisis deepened, the unemployment rate soared, destroying many lives. (3) the crisis required a bold response from the government, but president herbert hoover resisted saying economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.
(4) people like hoover, who thought that the government should not take steps to help the economy, ignored the suffering of millions of americans. (5) in some cities, the unemployment rate exceeded 70 percent. (6) many lost their homes and were forced to live in shantytowns where the quality of housing was poor. (7) these towns were named hoovervilles, because people believed president hoover had some responsibility for the crisis. (8) still, the hoover administration took half - hearted steps to help citizens.
(9) franklin roosevelt was then elected president. (10) recognizing that people were scared, his inaugural address said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. (11) franklin roosevelts administration immediately took more action than president hoover. (12) in his first 100 days in office, roosevelt and congress passed legislation that was known as the new deal. (13) the financial system was reformed and the employment rate increased. (14) over the next four years, the countrys economy gained strength and the unemployment rate dropped a lot. (15) roosevelts ideas worked.
which choice is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 10 (reproduced below)?
recognizing that people were scared, his inaugural address said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
o no change
o president roosevelt recognized that people were scared, and his inaugural address said
o recognizing that people were scared, saying in his inaugural address
o recognizing that people were scared, president roosevelt said in his inaugural address

Explanation:

• The original sentence has a dangling modifier. The phrase "Recognizing that people were scared" should logically modify a person (President Roosevelt), not "his inaugural address".
• Option "Recognizing that people were scared, President Roosevelt said in his inaugural address" corrects this by clearly identifying the subject (President Roosevelt) who is doing the "recognizing" and then stating what he said.
• Option "NO CHANGE" has the dangling modifier issue.
• Option "President Roosevelt recognized that people were scared, and his inaugural address said" is less concise and the construction is not as smooth as the correct option.
• Option "Recognizing that people were scared, saying in his inaugural address" is missing the subject (President Roosevelt) after the modifying phrase, making the sentence structure incorrect.

Answer:

Recognizing that people were scared, President Roosevelt said in his inaugural address