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

"Whoever is chosen for the scholarship will receive four years of full tuition."
  1. Change whoever to whomever.
  2. Hyphenate four years.
  3. Write four as 4.
  4. Remove the word of.
147. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Some people have called for an end to the US boycott of Cuban goods."
  1. Capitalize goods.
  2. Lowercase Cuban.
  3. Switch to passive voice to emphasize the boycott.
  4. Change boycott to embargo.
148. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Neither side was completely happy with the mediator’s judgment, but they agreed to abide by it nonetheless."
  1. Change mediator to arbitrator.
  2. Change neither to none.
  3. Change judgment to judgement.
  4. Change nonetheless to irregardless.
149. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"His daughters persuaded him to take a break from work and drive them to the mall so that they could meet with some of they're friends."
  1. Insert a comma after mall.
  2. Insert a semicolon after mall.
  3. Change they're to their.
  4. Change break to brake.
150. Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Having spent three hours in traffic to get to the trendy, new restaurant, John intended to stay for awhile."
  1. Remove the comma after restaurant.
  2. Remove the word for.
  3. Remove the comma after trendy.
  4. Fix the misplaced modifier.

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