Serving Life
Autor: Sharon • January 1, 2018 • 2,218 Words (9 Pages) • 546 Views
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Correct Answer: Fourth Option
The fourth option is correct. The noun "claim" should be "claims"; "various mining companies" cannot logically be said to have a (singular) "competing claim." Two or more claims are needed to compete with one another.
With more than 43 million copies in print, the childrens' book series about Junie B. Jones has its share of die-hard fans and is required summer reading at many elementary schools. No error
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Correct Answer: Second Option
The second option is correct. The plural of "child" is "children," and the possessive form of that is "children's," not "childrens'."
The natural setting of the Incan site Machu Picchu, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompass the upper Amazon basin, known for its rich diversity of flora and fauna. No error
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Correct Answer: Second Option
The second option is correct. The verb "encompass" should be "encompasses" (singular) to correspond with the singular subject, "setting," which appears earlier in the sentence and is not underlined.
Champion boxer Joe Louis is arguably one of the most famous of the veterans having been buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington , Virginia. No error
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Correct Answer: Third Option
The third option is correct. The simple past tense — "buried" — should be used instead of the unwarranted "having been buried."
The New Jersey state constitution of 1776 granted voting rights to all inhabitants who possessed a certain amount of property, not restricting the rights by race or sex, as other state constitutions did. No error
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Correct Answer: Fifth Option
The fifth option is correct. The sentence contains no errors in grammar or usage.
When English colonists established the Plymouth settlement in New England, their Native American neighbors, the Pokanokets, not only provided them with seed corn and also showed them how to cultivate their crops. No error
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Correct Answer: Third Option
The third option is correct. The idiomatic expression is "not only . . . but also"; therefore, "and" should be "but."
The ordinary paper clip, a graceful loop-within-a-loop spring that easily accomplishes a necessary task, having long been admired by designers as an elegant solution to a problem. No error
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Correct Answer: Second Option
The second option is correct. The sentence is a fragment; replacing "having" with "has" results in a complete statement.
In ancient times, metallic toothpicks were used and ostentatiously displayed by privileged classes and were the principle means of caring for one's teeth. No error
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Correct Answer: Fourth Option
The fourth option is correct. The appropriate word in this context is the adjective "principal," in its meaning of "primary," not the noun "principle," which refers to a law, doctrine, or assumption.
The defining features of the microorganism known as the paramecium include their slipperlike shape, a feeding groove, and two nuclei.
- A. include their
- B. include a
- C. includes their
- D. includes a
- E. including a
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Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. There is no logical plural antecedent for the boldfaced possessive pronoun “their”; the error is corrected by the substitution of the article “a” for “their.”
A self-described “womanist,” Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Alice Walker having constantly maintained a strong focus on feminist issues within African American culture throughout her still-thriving career.
- A. having constantly maintained
- B. having to constantly maintain
- C. has constantly maintained
- D. had maintained constantly
- E. was constantly maintaining
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Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. The given sentence is a fragment; replacing the boldfaced “having” with “has” results in a complete statement with a consistent tense.
Receding Arctic pack ice endangers polar bears by reducing its ability to find food, to reproduce, and their survival.
- A. its ability to find food, to reproduce, and their survival
- B. the polar bear’s ability to find food, reproduction, and survival
- C. their ability to find food, to reproduce, and their survival
- D. their ability to find food, to reproduce, and to survive
- E. the ability of the polar bear finding food, reproducing, and surviving
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Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. The given sentence contains a problematic pronoun reference and a lack of parallel structure. Replacing “its” with “their” and “their survival” with “to survive” corrects both errors.
The Earth in orbit is always at least 91 million miles away from the Sun and consequently requires sunlight to travel more than eight minutes before reaching Earth.
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