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These sentences may contain problems in grammar, usage, word choice,
sentence construction, and punctuation. Part or all of each sentence is
capitalized. Following each sentence you will find five ways of expressing
the capitalized part. Select Choice A if the sentence is correct. If not,
type the letter of the choice that improves the sentence without changing
its original meaning.
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1. He HAS HANGED the blue curtain in the living room.
(A) has hanged
(B) has hung
(C) hanged
(D) had hanged
(E) will have hanged
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Correct.
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(B) The correct form of the verb is "has hung."
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2. The number of papers in this stack is FEWER THAN THE AMOUNT IN THAT ONE.
(A) fewer than the amount in that one
(B) fewer than the number in that one
(C) less than the number in that one
(D) less than the amount in that one
(E) fewer then the amount in that one
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Correct.
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(B) The word "number" is required.
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3. CRITICS AGREE THAT KEATS POETRY is among the most beautiful in the
English language.
(A) Critics agree that Keats poetry
(B) Critic's agree that Keats poetry
(C) Critics agree that Keat's poetry
(D) Critics agree that Keats' poetry
(E) Critic's agree that Keat's poetry
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Correct.
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(D) The correct spelling of the possessive is "Keats'." "Critics" is
plural, not possessive.
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4. I prefer reading books THAN going to the movies.
(A) than
(B) then
(C) rather then
(D) too
(E) to
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Correct.
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(E) The correct word is "to."
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5. Tommy had tears in his eyes when he confessed, "I LOST MY MITTENS,
MOMMY."
(A) "I lost my mittens, Mommy."
(B) I lost my mittens, Mommy.
(C) Mommy, I lost my mittens.
(D) "Mommy!" "I lost my mittens."
(E) "Mommy. I lost my mittens"!
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Correct.
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(A) This sentence is correct.
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6. Every student in the room, EXCEPTING ME, understood the work, and that
is why I felt foolish.
(A) excepting me
(B) except me
(C) except I
(D) outside of me
(E) excepting I
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b
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Correct.
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(B) The correct prepositional phrase is "except me."
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7. He plays the piano AS WELL AS, IF NOT BETTER THAN, his friend Jim.
(A) as well as, if not better than,
(B) as well, if not better than,
(C) as well as, if not better than
(D) as well, if not better then,
(E) as good as, if not better than
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Correct.
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(A) This sentence is correct.
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8. Whether the briefcase is HER'S OR THEIR'S is of little consequence.
(A) her's or their's
(B) her's nor their's
(C) hers or theirs
(D) her's or theirs
(E) hers not theirs
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c
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B
Correct.
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(C) No apostrophe is required with the pronoun in the possessive case.
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