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Category - English and Language Usage

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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. The artichoke dip was the
  2. hit of the party, some people
  3. wondered how much butter
  4. had been mixed into it.
Explanation
Answer: B - Corrected version: hit of the party, but some people

A conjunction should be inserted before some. Without the conjunction, this sentence is an example of a comma splice. A comma splice is a construction in which a comma joins two complete sentences without a conjunction. Comma splices are a form of run-on sentence and thus incorrect.
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