HiSET Language Arts - Writing 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. Many Southerners, especially Georgians,
  2. still have mixed feelings about
  3. General Sherman’s March to the Sea,
  4. which ravished Atlanta and other cities.
Explanation
Answer: D - Corrected version: which ravaged Atlanta and other cities.

Ravished should be changed to ravaged. To ravish means to seize and carry away (usually a person) by force, while to ravage means to destroy or devastate.
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