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

"The oil embargo caused the most resentment, among the Japanese, because Japan did not have any oil of its own. Japan wanted freedom from its dependency on the United States."

  1. resentment, among the Japanese, because
  2. resentment among the Japanese, because
  3. resentment among the Japanese; because
  4. resentment among the Japanese because
Explanation

Answer: D - The best choice is “resentment among the Japanese because”

Commas can separate parenthetical expressions (nonessential words or phrases) in a sentence. “Among the Japanese” is significant because it describes who resented the United States and why. Therefore, no punctuation is necessary to separate the phrase from the rest of the sentence.

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