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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"The incumbent senator was afraid of losing his seat; he took a no-holes-barred approach to the campaign."
  1. Capitalize senator.
  2. Remove the hyphens from no-holes-barred.
  3. Change no-holes-barred to no-holds-barred.
  4. Change the semicolon to a comma.
Explanation
Answer: C - The sentence is most improved by changing no-holes-barred to no-holds-barred. This is originally a wrestling reference; the most brutal forms of wrestling allow any hold, including ones that can damage the spine, crush the windpipe or cause death. No-holds-barred is hyphenated because it is a compound adjective.
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