The audience rose up and graciously applauded the guest speaker with a standing ovation what is the best way to revise the sentence to eliminate wordiness?
a. graciously, the audience rose up and applauded the guest speaker .
b. the audience rose and graciously gave the guest speaker a standing ovation .
c. applauding the guest speaker with a standing ovation, the audience rose .
d. the sentence is correct as written .

i think it might be b but i am not sure.. you!