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51. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Towards the end of the film, the audience is tricked into believing that the hero has died.
  1. Change is to has been.
  2. Change towards to toward.
  3. Remove the word that.
  4. Insert a comma after tricked.
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52. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Although water covers approximately sixty-seven percent of the Earth’s surface, less than three percent is fresh water.
  1. Earth’s surface, less than three percent
  2. Earth’s surface; less than three percent
  3. Earth’s surface: less than three percent
  4. Earth’s surface. Less than three percent
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53. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Her brother a prominent businessman supported her financially.
  1. Her brother a prominent businessman
  2. Her brother, a prominent businessman,
  3. Her brother was a prominent businessman
  4. Her brother a prominent businessman, and
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54. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. In view of the fact that his
  2. face was clearly visible on
  3. the security cameras, everyone
  4. assumed he would be found guilty.
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55. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

The short story, that Stand By Me was based on, was written under an alias.
  1. Remove the commas.
  2. Change alias to pen name.
  3. Fix the tense shift.
  4. Insert a conjunction.
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