(1) Lisa sat alone at a table in Sunny Café. (2) She flipped her wrist to check her watch. (3) 11:55. (4) Barbara should be arriving any minute. (5) Lisa looked up and saw her sister sashaying down the aisle between the tables. (6) Barbara commanded prolonged glances from the other customers who wore a pink and yellow polka-dotted dress.

Question

(1) Lisa sat alone at a table in Sunny Café. (2) She flipped her wrist to check her watch. (3) 11:55. (4) Barbara should be arriving any minute. (5) Lisa looked up and saw her sister sashaying down the aisle between the tables. (6) Barbara commanded prolonged glances from the other customers who wore a pink and yellow polka-dotted dress.
     (7) “Hi, sis,” she said. (8) “I’m glad you were able to get away from work to meet me.”
     (9) “It was hard because we are working on a big project, but I told the team that I just had to go. (10) Personal business.”
     (11) The waiter stopped by and took the two women’s orders.
     (12) “So how was your recent trip to Hawaii?” Barbara asked. (13) Lisa was telling Barbara about Hawaii when her phone rang.
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What change, if any, should be made in the passage?
 A. 
Change "her" to "Lisa's" in sentence 13.
 B. 
Change "her" to "she" in sentence 5.
 C. 
Change "me" to "myself" in sentence 8.
 D. 
Make no change.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The best change to make in the passage is:

A. Change "her" to "Lisa's" in sentence 13.

This change improves clarity, ensuring that the reader immediately understands that "Lisa" is the person being referenced. The other options do not address significant issues in the passage.