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11. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. The car is insured against accidents,
  2. but the insurance agent ensured the
  3. young driver that it was still
  4. important to be careful while driving.
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12. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. The marksman was extremely accurate;
  2. he missed the mark by three inches
  3. to the top left each time
  4. that he took a shot.
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13. 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.
  1. Capitalize senator.
  2. Remove the hyphens from no-holes-barred.
  3. Change no-holes-barred to no-holds-barred.
  4. Change the semicolon to a comma.
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14. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. The Italian family immigrated
  2. from Rome more than a decade
  3. ago but only recently
  4. received their new citizenship.
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15. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Unemployment and social unrest have undermined the government’s position also.
  1. have undermined the government’s position also.
  2. undermined the government’s position also.
  3. have undermined the government’s position.
  4. have also undermined the government’s position.
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