Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged in 1911, Scott Joplin’s ragtime opera Treemonisha was not produced until 1972, sixty-one years after its completion.
(A) Except for a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(B) Except for a concert performance with the composer himself staging it
(C) Besides a concert performance being staged by the composer himself
(D) Excepting a concert performance that the composer himself staged
(E) With the exception of a concert performance with the staging done by the composer himself
Solution (Posted on Jan 27th):
Solution (Posted on Jan 27th):
The 'it' does a bad job on choice B. C is passive. In D, excepting a performance..., opera... does not give the right meaning intent. E is wordy and passive. A remains.
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