Question #N1147
The study found that people who practice mindfulness daily reported significantly less stress and anxiety. Their results suggest that mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health, offering a way for people to manage the challenges of daily life.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion to maintain the formal style of the passage?
A. which suggests that mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health, offering a way for people to manage the challenges of daily life.
B. offering a way for people to manage the challenges of daily life, and their results suggest that mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health.
C. and their results suggest that mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health, offering a way for people to manage the challenges of daily life.
D. , their results suggest that mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health, offering a way for people to manage the challenges of daily life.
Correct Answer is: A
Choice A is the best option because it combines the sentences with a comma and a relative clause, creating a concise and grammatically correct sentence that maintains the formal style of the passage. The other choices either create comma splices or use incorrect punctuation, making the sentences grammatically incorrect.