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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 students were confused
  2. because Eliot had made so
  3. many illusions in his poem
  4. that they could not understand it.
Explanation
Answer: C - Corrected version: many allusions in his poem

Illusions should be changed to allusions. An illusion is a deception that misrepresents reality, while an allusion is a reference to another work. T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is known for its extensive use of literary allusions.
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