2012-06-22 09:00:35

If one were looking for the clearest example of modernist poetry,

       (A)                   (B)

T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland would certainly be a more accessible

example than would anything by either Ezra Pound or W. H. Auden.

        (C)                    (D)

No error (E)

The correct choice is E

Explanation: There is no error in this sentence, and none of the underlined portions contains an error.

(A) is incorrect because "were" is the appropriate verb to use in the subjunctive mood. This sentence is in the subjunctive, since it opens with "if," a word that makes it clear this sentence is a hypothetical.

(B) is incorrect because the adjective "clearest" is in the proper superlative form. The superlative is needed because the sentence compares three examples of modernist poetry. When three or more items are compared, the superlative is needed.

(C) is incorrect because "than" is the proper form of "then/than" to use in this case. "Than" is used for comparisons, and this sentence makes a comparison.

(D) is incorrect because "either" agrees idiomatically with "or."