Practice Quiz

SAT Writing

Category - Error Identification

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There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

The man surprisingly made a fortune at his new business venture without hardly any real efforts.
  1. venture with hardly any real
  2. venture without hard any real
  3. venture without any real
  4. venture hardly any real
  5. venture any real
Explanation
Answer: C - The man made surprisingly made a fortune at his new business venture without any real efforts. Since “without” and “hardly” both refer to scarcity or a lack, only one is needed. This is an example of a common negative. Eliminating “without” from the sentence does not result in a sentence that makes sense; consequently, “hardly” should be deleted.
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