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

"Hidden in the back corner of her jewelry box, Amanda found the necklace she’d been missing."
  1. Fix the parallel structure.
  2. Fix the misplaced modifier.
  3. Remove the tense shift.
  4. Remove the comma.
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127. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Both of the twins were top-notch students at their local high school."
  1. Fix the parallel structure.
  2. Fix the subject-verb agreement.
  3. Remove the words both of.
  4. Remove the hyphen in top-notch.
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128. 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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129. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"The tie which I wanted to wear to the meeting had to be replaced when I spilled mustard on it."
  1. Fix the misplaced modifier.
  2. Insert a comma after replaced.
  3. Change which to that.
  4. Turn it into two sentences.
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130. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Old and decrepit, Laura decided it was time for her to buy a new sofa."
  1. Change decrepit to decrepid.
  2. Fix the misplaced modifier.
  3. Change sofa to couch.
  4. Remove the comma.
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