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Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Her bid was very unsuccessful.
  1. Her bid was very unsuccessful.
  2. Her bid was mostly unsuccessful.
  3. Her bid was unsuccessful.
  4. Her bid was unsuccessfully.
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “Her bid was unsuccessful”

Unnecessary words can affect sentence clarity. If Rankin did not win election to the Senate, then her bid was unsuccessful. The adverbs “very” and “mostly” do not add meaning to the sentence. “Unsuccessfully” is an adverb that improperly modifies “was.”
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