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Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct cumulative adjective ordering and avoids modifier placement errors?

  1. The museum curator acquired a valuable ancient rectangular bronze artifact, which was meticulously restored last week.Answer
  2. B
    The museum curator acquired a bronze rectangular ancient valuable artifact, which was meticulously restored last week.
  3. C
    Meticulously restoring the artifact last week, the valuable ancient rectangular bronze object was acquired by the museum curator.
  4. D
    The museum curator acquired a valuable ancient rectangular bronze artifact, which was complimentarily restored to fit the historic exhibit.

Answer

The sentence reading 'The museum curator acquired a valuable ancient rectangular bronze artifact, which was meticulously restored last week.' is grammatically correct.
The correct choice places the cumulative adjectives in the precise natural English sequence (Opinion: valuable → Age: ancient → Shape: rectangular → Material: bronze) and uses the adverb 'meticulously' correctly without creating dangling participial modifiers.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Evaluate the order of cumulative adjectives preceding 'artifact'.
The adjectives are ordered as Opinion (valuable) → Age (ancient) → Shape (rectangular) → Material (bronze).
English grammatical convention (OSASCOMP) dictates that opinion precedes age, shape, and material.
2
Examine modifying phrases and adverbial usage across all options.
The introductory modifier in the passive construction creates a dangling modifier in one option, while another incorrectly uses a homophonic adverb.
Participial phrases must clearly and logically modify the agent undertaking the action.

Key Concept

Royal Order of Adjectives (OSASCOMP) and Participial Modifier Concord
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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Modifiers

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