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2 April, 23:06

Read the selection below from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and answer the question that follows.

The word, which I interpret the Flying or Floating Island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true

etymology. Lap, in the old obsolete language, signifies high, and untuh, a govemor, from which they say, by corruption, was

derived Laputa from Lapuntah

What would be the best suggestion to give Jonathan Swift for improving the original diction in the passage?

Substitute governor' with "Laputa."

Add a long sentence to the end of the passage.

Provide a physical description of the "Flying or Floating Island."

Invent new words to add to the passage

the answer is D