"when about 16 years of age, i happen'd to meet with a book written by one tryon, recommending a vegetable diet." (from franklin's the autobiography) which sentence best rephrases this in modern-day syntax? a) when i was 16 years of age i met a book written by one tryon about vegetable diets. b) when i was 16 i read a book, by a man named tryon, which recommended a vegetable diet. c) when i reached 16 years, i did find tryon's book, which did recommend a vegetable diet. d) when i was 16 years old, i happened upon a book, recommending to dine upon a diet of vegetables, by the man tryon.

The answer is b) when i was 16 i read a book, by a man named tyron, which recommended a vegetable diet.

The sentence that BEST rephrases this in modern-day syntax is "When I was 16 I read a book, by a man named Tryon, which recommended a vegetable diet."

Explanation:

Grammar syntax changes and is affected by society and their interaction, taking this sentence to mother syntaxis requires the use of different structure and vocabulary, modern syntaxis is much simpler that communication in other previous periods, option B present a simple and easy to understand version of the same information.

d understatement

the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this