Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
"The incumbent senator was afraid of losing his seat; he took a no-holes-barred approach to the campaign."
A)Capitalize senator.
B)Remove the hyphens from no-holes-barred.
C)Change no-holes-barred to no-holds-barred.
D)Change the semicolon to a comma.

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The sentence is most improved by changing no-holes-barred to no-holds-barred. This is originally a wrestling reference; the most brutal forms of wrestling allow any hold, including ones that can damage the spine, crush the windpipe or cause death. No-holds-barred is hyphenated because it is a compound adjective.

Which Course of Action Most Improves the Following Sentence