Which correctly combines
these sentences using a
prepositional phrase
beginning with "by"?
Henry's friends tried to soften
the blow of his wife's death.
They pretended she was still
alive.
A. Henry's friends tried to soften the blow
of his wife's death by pretending she was
still alive.
B. Henry's friends tried to soften the blow
by pretending she was still alive of his wife's
death.
C. Henry's friends by pretending she was
still alive tried to soften the blow of his
wife's death.