Read the sentence. Abashed by the harsh criticism, the mortifying writer decided to rewrite the beginning of the book. What is the best way to revise the sentence?

“Mortifying” describes something that causes embarrassment, but the sentence describes how the writer feels. Use “mortified,” which means feeling embarrassed or humiliated. The revised phrase is “the mortified writer”; the other choices do not correct this word-choice error.

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