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Yoga -

A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.

B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.

C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.

D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 12 and 13: Sentences 12 and 13: I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. I have been practicing yoga for only one year.
Which is the most effective combination of sentences 12 and 13?

  • A. I am still relatively new to yoga, the practice of which I have been doing for only one year.
  • B. I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga, of which I have only been practicing for one year.
  • C. I am still relatively new to yoga, which I have been practicing for only one year.
  • D. I have only been practicing yoga for one year, which means I am still relatively new to the practice.
  • E. Because I am still relatively new to yoga, I have only been practicing for one year.
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
This is the most concise and correct choice. Choice a contains an awkward and wordy phrase, the practice of which I have been doing. Choice b is also awkward and wordy, repeating practice and using an unnecessary of before which. Choice d is grammatically correct but reverses the order of ideas, and is also wordy with the repetition of practice. Choice e is incorrect because it is a run-on sentence; because makes the first clause dependent.

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