Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
He was a rich man in intelligence.
A. He was a man in rich intelligence
B. He was a intelligence in rich man
C. He was a man in rich intelligence
D. No change

Answer 1

Hint: Sentence structure refers to the grammatical arrangement of a sentence. Your writing's sentence structure involves the placement of nouns and verbs within each sentence. The structure of your sentences is determined by the language you're writing or speaking in.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) He was a man in rich intelligence– When we omit 'in' from the phrase, and place it before 'rich intelligence', the statement is grammatically incorrect, and hence option A is wrong.
Option B) He was a intelligence in rich man – This sentence has a jumble of phrases that don't go together, 'intelligence' is a noun which is being used as an adjective, followed by the preposition 'in' which attributes the physical meaning of intelligence in a rich man, which is grammatically incorrect, hence option B is wrong.
Option C) He was a man in rich intelligence – This sentence is correct because the adjective 'rich' modifies the noun 'intelligence', where 'rich' here is followed by 'in' because 'intelligence' is an abstract noun and a preposition links the adjective to the noun.
Thus, this option is correct.
Option D) No change - In the given sentence, the adjective 'rich' here modifies the noun 'man'. That is correct, however, the following clause "in intelligence" is grammatically incorrect in the context of the sentence, it needs to be changed and the adjective should precede the noun 'intelligence' as it makes the sentence sound complete in meaning.

Hence the correct answer is option (C) i.e, He was a man in rich intelligence.

Note: Sentence structure is important as it provides us with a framework for communicating our ideas clearly in writing. When writing, the aim is to use complete sentences that are punctuated correctly. Sentences must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop, exclamation mark, or a question mark.