CLEP College Composition Exam Prep

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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. During the arraignment
  2. the witness’s bizarre speech
  3. and disassembling left us
  4. at a loss as to what had happened.
Explanation

Answer: C - Corrected version: and dissembling left us

Disassembling should be changed to dissembling. To disassemble is to take apart, and to dissemble is to conceal the truth.

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