Choose the clearest and most effective revision of the following sentence.. .
Ready to give her speech, the woman stepped up to the microphone holding her note cards.. .

a.Holding her note cards, the woman stepped up to the microphone ready to give her speech..
b.The woman stepped up to the microphone holding her note cards ready to give her speech..
c.The woman stepped up to the microphone ready to give her speech holding her note cards..
dReady to give her speech, the woman holding her note cards stepped up to the microphone

Respuesta :

The correct answer is a.Holding her note cards, the woman stepped up to the microphone ready to give her speech..

That is because it is the most grammatically acceptable sentence of all the ones mentioned here as it has both the proper syntax and proper punctuation.