Question

one of the most complex military maneuvers of all time was the allied invasion of europe by way of the normandy beaches of northern france. the carefully orchestrated invasion essential to the defeat of hitler. the supreme allied commander, who was general dwight d. eisenhower. later to become president of the united states. the invasion took place on june 6, 1944. the weather so terrible that the invasion was delayed for a full day. american troops landing on utah beach. encountered only mild resistance at first. in contrast, the landing at omaha beach much more treacherous. the coast itself was extremely dangerous, the landing took place too far off shore, and the germans had double the forces at this site. other allied forces the british and the canadians. military cemeteries for the fallen americans, canadians, and british in normandy. in arromanches, the arromanches 360° and landing museum commemorates d-day. with video of the invasion and france today surrounding the spectators. which option(s) below would be an acceptable revision of the selection in bold? the weather was so terrible that the invasion was delayed for a full day. the weather was so terrible that the invasion delayed the allied forces for a full day. both revisions are acceptable no revision is necessary

Explanation:

The original bolded sentence lacks a verb ("was") in the first part. The first option adds "was" to make it a complete sentence: "The weather was so terrible that the invasion was delayed for a full day," which is grammatically correct. The second option changes the meaning, implying the invasion delayed the forces, but the original context is that bad weather delayed the invasion. So only the first option is an acceptable revision.

Answer:

The weather was so terrible that the invasion was delayed for a full day.