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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 Italian family immigrated
  2. from Rome more than a decade
  3. ago but only recently
  4. received their new citizenship.
Explanation
Answer: A - Corrected version: The Italian family emigrated

Immigrated should be changed to emigrated. Immigrants emigrate from one place and immigrate to another. The easy way to remember this is that emigrate has the same beginning as emit, which mean to send out.
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