Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order and forms a meaningful sentence.
A. when words are insufficient
B. profound silence can communicate
C. to express the truth
D. more effectively than spoken words
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Correct Answer: ACBD
Explanation:
• A introduces the dependent clause: "when words are insufficient..."
• C logically follows A with the infinitive phrase "to express the truth", completing the conditional idea ("when words are insufficient to express the truth").
• B introduces the main clause with the subject and verb: "profound silence can communicate..."
• D completes the main predicate with the comparative phrase "more effectively than spoken words".
Complete Sentence: When words are insufficient to express the truth, profound silence can communicate more effectively than spoken words.