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16.

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

During the primaries, all three Democratic candidates levied serious allegations against each other, only to retract them during the general election.

  1. Change retract to retrack.
  2. Change primaries to primarys.
  3. Change levied to leveled.
  4. Make this into two separate sentences.
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17.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

If further efforts are not made, some scientist predict the total collapse of the ecosystem that supports monarch butterflies in Mexico.

  1. some scientist predict
  2. scientist predicts
  3. scientists predict
  4. some scientists predict
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18.

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

Both of the twins were top-notch students at their local high school.

  1. Fix the parallel structure.
  2. Fix subject/verb agreement.
  3. Remove the words both of.
  4. Remove the hyphen in top-notch.
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19.

Choose the answer which best rewords the sentence. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

In 2008, scientists used satellite imagery to illustrate the degradation of oyamel fir forests.

  1. In 2008, scientists used satellite imagery to illustrate the degradation of oyamel fir forests.
  2. Scientists use satellite imagery to illustrate in 2008 the degradation of oyamel fir forests.
  3. In 2008, scientists had satellite imagery illustrating the degradation of oyamel fir forests.
  4. Scientists uses satellite imagery illustrating the degradation of oyamel fir forests from 2008.
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20.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

On the day of the attack three cruisers, two tankers, two battleships, six aircraft carriers, and nine destroyers sailed to a point north of Hawaii.

  1. On the day of the attack three cruisers
  2. On the day, of the attack three cruisers
  3. On the day of the attack, three cruisers
  4. On the day of the attack; three cruisers
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