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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"The novel affected great personal growth when I was a teenager; I have recommended it to a large number of teens since then."
  1. Change teenager to teen-ager.
  2. Change the semicolon to a comma.
  3. Change number to amount.
  4. Change affected to effected.
Explanation
Answer: D - The sentence is most improved by changing affected to effected. Effect as a verb means to bring about, while affect as a verb means to alter. The writer is saying that the novel caused personal growth, so effected should be used.
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