"along with" VS"as well as "?

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"With the 1977 publication of Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison both received popular and critical acclaim."In order to select the option that produces the best sentence fit for the underlined material,I chose the right answer D by feeling.But I have no idea of what is wrong with choice C.

C. received popular, along with
D. received popular as well as

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"along with" VS"as well as "?
Either one is ok, but personally I too would go with D.

BTW - the placement of "both" in your quote

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"With the 1977 publication of Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison both received popular and critical acclaim."
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is wrong. It should read "both popular and critical acclaim".

The word "both" modifies the word "acclaim". The way you (or someone else) wrote it, the reader is led to assume that the modified word is "received", as in "both received and gave" - which, obviously wouldn't make sense in the context.

Altertatively, "both" could refer to Toni Morrison and another person, as in ""Toni Morrison and X both received popular and critical acclaim" - again an order that doesn't make sense in the context, of course.

The point is that "both" must be next to the modified word or phrase.

Have I nicely confused you?

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Well,actually this quote is from the "Official SAT question of the day".But I do agree with you concerning the placement of "both".