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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Even though he seemed generous, his actions were, in the end, self-serving.

  1. Remove the hyphen from self-serving.
  2. Remove the first comma.
  3. Change even though to despite.
  4. Fix the misplaced modifier.
Explanation

Answer: A - The sentence is most improved by removing the hyphen. A compound adjective should be hyphenated when it comes before the noun or phrase it is modifying, but not when it comes after.

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