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121. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

"According to the local news, a nine year old boy was responsible for making the prank phone call."
  1. According to the local news,
  2. a nine year old boy
  3. was responsible for making
  4. the prank phone call.
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122.

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Don’t forget to change your car’s oil every 3000 miles, you risk damaging the engine if you drive without enough oil."

  1. Fix the parallel structure
  2. Change from second to third person
  3. Fix the comma splice
  4. Set off the parenthetical remark with commas
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123. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"If you would have taken out a second mortgage to finance your vacation, you would be in trouble now that you are out of work."
  1. Remove the tense shift.
  2. Fix the parallel structure.
  3. Fix the subject-verb agreement.
  4. Fix the comma splice.
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124. 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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125. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"The passage was read aloud by the student in case some of the class had fallen behind in the reading."
  1. Fix the tense shift.
  2. Fix the subject-verb agreement
  3. Change to active voice.
  4. Change had fallen to fell.
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