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

After the closed-door meeting had ended, a few off-hand remarks inferred that I would be passed over for a promotion.
  1. Remove the hyphen from closed-door.
  2. Remove the word over.
  3. Change inferred to implied.
  4. Change the comma to a semicolon.
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27. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. John was certain that
  2. “The Godfather” was the greatest film
  3. of all time and made all of his
  4. friends watch the same.
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28. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. “Were you able to illicit
  2. the response that you wanted
  3. by asking that inane question?”
  4. Stephan asked him.
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29. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. To avoid plagiarism charges,
  2. it is important to site any
  3. references that you consulted
  4. while writing your thesis.
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30. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. I’m traveling to London
  2. by means of an airplane
  3. because it is both faster and
  4. cheaper than driving.
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