2014-08-25 09:00:54

Baseball is often referred to as "America's Game," although, in recent years, the sport has been surpassed in popularity by football.

(A) although, in recent years, the sport has been surpassed in popularity by football
(B) although, in recent years, football has surpassed the sport in popularity
(C) but the sport is being surpassed in popularity by football recently
(D) however, the sport has been surpassed in recent years by the popularity of football
(E) but, in recent years, the sport has been surpassed in popularity by football

The correct answer is E
Explanation: As written, the underlined part of the sentence creates a run-on, as it uses "although" to link two independent clauses ("Baseball is... Game'" and "in recent years, the sport... football"). "Although" is not a coordinating conjunction, so it cannot link two independent clauses. Choice E corrects this by changing "although" to the coordinating conjunction "but."