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

Only a few areas of the country continue to operate without daylight savings time.
  1. Hyphenate daylight savings.
  2. Change savings to saving.
  3. Capitalize daylight savings.
  4. change to operate to operates.
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42. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

In 2011, Spain elected a conservative government due to the current economic situation.
  1. situation
  2. data
  3. by product
  4. crisis
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43. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. Gabriel went to the public library,
  2. and checked out The Stranger after
  3. being enthralled by an excerpt
  4. in his AP English class.
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44. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. After weeks of partisan debate
  2. both parties have at least agreed
  3. that no vote will be held
  4. at the present time.
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45. 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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