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

Some say that the yeti crabs resemble the abominable snowman.
  1. Some said that the yeti crabs resemble the abominable snowman.
  2. Some says that the yeti crabs resemble the abominable snowman.
  3. Some swimmers say that the yeti crabs resemble the abominable snowman.
  4. Some surveyors say that the yeti crabs resemble the abominable snowman.
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17. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

Mickey Rooney has been married eight times. He is currently married to Jan Rooney. His marriage to Jan has lasted longer than the other seven marriages combined.
  1. Mickey Rooney has been married eight times, but his last marriage to Jan Rooney has lasted longer than the other seven marriages combined.
  2. Mickey Rooney has been married eight times. His last marriage to Jan Rooney has lasted longer than the other seven marriages combined.
  3. Mickey Rooney has been married eight times, but his eighth marriage to Jan Rooney has last longer than the other seven marriages combined.
  4. Jan Rooney was Mickey Rooney’s eighth wife, and he has stayed married to Jan longer than his first through seventh wives combined.
  5. Mickey Rooney chose to marry Jan Rooney eighth, but his marriage to her as outlasted all the others combined.
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18. There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

ZsaZsa Gabor has been married nine times with the shortest wedding to Felipe de Alba a Mexican attorney annulled after only one day.
  1. wedding to Felipe de Alba, a Mexican attorney, annul
  2. wedding being to Felipe de Alba, a Mexican attorney, which was annulled
  3. wedding to Felipe de Alba, a Mexican attorney, annulled was
  4. wedding to Felipe de Alba a Mexican attorney annul which is
  5. wedding being to Felipe de Alba a Mexican attorney which was annulled
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19.

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

The Los Angeles lifeguard stated, You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California.

  1. The Los Angeles lifeguard stated, “You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California.”
  2. The Los Angeles lifeguard stating, “You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California.”
  3. The Los Angeles lifeguard stated, “You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California”.
  4. “The Los Angeles lifeguard stated,” You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California.
  5. The Los Angeles lifeguard stated, “You may only throw a frisbee with my permission. It is a state law here in California.”.
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20. One of many bizarre California laws states. “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

miles per hour.”
  1. One of many bizarre California laws states, “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty miles per hour.”
  2. One of many bizarre California laws states “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty miles per hour.”
  3. One of many bizarre California laws states: “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty miles per hour.”
  4. One of many bizarre California laws states; “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty miles per hour.”
  5. One of many bizarre California laws states and “No vehicle without a driver may exceed sixty miles per hour.”
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