565. Opening with tributes to jazz-age divas like Bessie Smith and closing with Koko Taylor’s electrified gravel-and-thunder songs, the program will trace the blues’ vigorous matriarchal line over more than 50 years.

(A) the program will trace
(B) the program shall trace
(C) there will be a program tracing
(D) it is a program that traces
(E) it will be a program tracing

Solution:

Modifiers + Logical

C, D, and E: “Opening with tributes…” must modify “the program”, which must come immediately after the coma. C, D, and E have “there”, “it”, and “it” respectively with no clear antecedents. Hence, these choices are incorrect.
B: “shall” must be used for moral obligation.
A: Best choice.

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