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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?

Tom’s stylish friend paid him
a great compliment, saying that
his new jacket complimented
his other clothes perfectly.

Explanation

Answer: C - Corrected version: his new jacket complemented

Complimented should be changed to complemented. To compliment someone is to say something nice about him or her (as in B). To complement, on the other hand, means to to accentuate the positives and minimize the negatives of something else. In mathematics, the complement is every member of a set except the one being considered.

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