Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

There are many reasons to see I Heart Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman’s performance being one reason.
A . Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman’s performance being one reason.
B . Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman’s performance is only one of them.
C . Huckabees; Jason Schwartzman’s performance, for one.
D . Huckabees, the performance of Jason Schwartzman is one of them.
E . Huckabees, including Jason Schwartzman’s performance.

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Answer: E

Explanation:

“Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman’s performance being one reason” has “being” and is redundant to boot. “Huckabees, Jason Schwartzman’s performance is only one of them” and “Huckabees, the performance of Jason Schwartzman is one of them” are run-ons. “Huckabees; Jason Schwartzman’s performance, for one” is semicolon misuse: the semicolon is not followed by an independent clause.