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There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

In 1936, "Migrant Mother," a mother with three children in California painted by Dorothea Lange.

  1. In 1936, Dorothea Lange painted a mother with three children, “Migrant Mother”.
  2. Dororthea Lange’s painted a mother with three children in 1936, “Migrant Mother”.
  3. “Migrant Mother” was Dorothea Lange’s 1936 painting of a mother with three children.
  4. A mother with three children was painted “Migrant Mother” in 1936 by Dorothea Lange.
  5. A mother with three children is pictured in “Migrant Mother” 1936 by Dorothea Lange.
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2. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.
Looking down from the shore, one seldom notices the ocean’s depth at 12,080 feet or the equivalent of eight Empire State Buildings piled atop each other.
  1. Looking
  2. Viewed
  3. Looking across
  4. While looking down
  5. Viewing
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3. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

Death Valley is one of the hottest locations in the United States, with summer temperatures often exceeding 100°F another location is Furnace Creek, where average temperatures are 113.9°F.
  1. exceeding 100°F; another location
  2. exceeding 100°F, but another location
  3. exceeding 100°F. another location
  4. exceeding 100°F: another location
  5. exceeding 100°F at times another location
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4. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

Each year there are thousands of people which contribute to the new words that are added annually to the dictionary; Merriam Webster announced the addition of a number of new words in 2012, including man cave, copernicium, and gastropub.
  1. people who contributed
  2. people which contributing
  3. people contribute
  4. people that contribute
  5. people who contribute
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5. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

Did you know that anything that can be doing with a ruler and a compass can really be done solely using a compass?
  1. can be done
  2. can be did
  3. do
  4. doing
  5. can be doing
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