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Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?
  1. Including all the teachers in the
  2. workshop ensure that everyone
  3. is on the same page when the
  4. new school year starts.
Explanation
Answer: B - Corrected version: workshop ensures that everyone

Ensure should be changed to ensures. The subject in this sentence is the gerund phrase, which is considered singular. We normally think of nouns as people, places or objects, but gerunds can also act as nominal subjects. Gerunds always end in -ing.
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