Question

The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

path, paving
path and then paved
path before paving
path paved

Answer 1

Which word is underlined?

Answer 2

"path and paved"

Answer 3

We can eliminate D because that is grammatically incorrect.

Answer 4

Ah, I figured, especially with the given answer choices. Let's try them out and use process of elimination.

A) The county cleared this path and paving it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
B) The county cleared this path and then paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
C) The county cleared this path before paving it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
D)The county cleared this path paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.

Which one do you think we can eliminate?
As @ramen said, D is grammatically incorrect.

Answer 5

I'm thinking A can be eliminated.