Question

Which sentence eliminates qualifying words and phrases? The group’s rise was kind of fast, and so was its fall. The group’s rise was fast, but so was its somewhat fall. The group’s rise was fast, but so was its fall. The group’s rise was somewhat fast, but so was its fall.

Answer 1

In English Grammar, a qualifying word is one that is present before an adjective or an adverb that modifies the meaning produced by it. In the given options 'kind of' and 'somewhat' act as qualifying words or qualifiers. The only sentence that does not have any of these is the third one- The group's rise was fast, but so was its fall. The meaning is produced just using the adverbs with nothing to add any more specifications. Thus, this is the one that eliminates all qualifying words and phrases.