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ACT Compass ESL Practice Test

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Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

The bombing of Pearl Harbor
was a historical event;
one hundred years from now
it will still be remembered.

Explanation

Answer: B - Corrected version: was a historic event;

Historical should be changed to historic. The adjectiveshistorical and historic both mean of or pertaining to history, but historic has the additional meaning of important or influential in history.

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