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51. Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. Neither the basketball coach
  2. nor the members of his team
  3. was happy about losing
  4. to their regional rival.
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52. 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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53. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Because of the preemptive strike, Japan was able to carry out its plans for Southwest Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago.
  1. Because of the preemptive strike,
  2. And the preemptive strike,
  3. The preemptive strike
  4. The strike was preemptive
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54. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

It was the precursor to the eventual constitutional amendment ratified two years later.
  1. precursor
  2. starting
  3. forefront
  4. catalyst
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55. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

He does face opposition from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces since they have put limitations on the authority of the president and other elected officials.
  1. they have
  2. they has
  3. it have
  4. it has
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