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

After a difficult season, the women’s soccer team won their first victory last night.
  1. Use a semicolon in place of the comma.
  2. Change their to its.
  3. Change difficult to hard.
  4. Fix the misplaced modifier.
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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. In the US Senate, a simple majority
  2. of senators are able to pass a bill,
  3. but a supermajority is necessary
  4. to end a filibuster.
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13. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

In order to combat this issue many countries are adopting water conservation and security solutions.
  1. In order to combat this issue many
  2. In order to combat this issue, many
  3. In order to combat this issue: many
  4. In order to combat this issue; many
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14. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

At the center of the controversy is Jammu and Kashmir (a territory both nations claim).
  1. Kashmir (a territory both nations claim).
  2. Kashmir, (a territory both nations claim).
  3. Kashmir - (a territory both nations claim).
  4. Kashmir; (a territory both nations claim).
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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.

On the day of the attack three cruisers, two tankers, two battleships, six aircraft carriers, and nine destroyers sailed to a point north of Hawaii.
  1. On the day of the attack three cruisers
  2. On the day, of the attack three cruisers
  3. On the day of the attack, three cruisers
  4. On the day of the attack; three cruisers
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