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ERROR IDENTIFICATION TEST 15 Minutes 20 Questions
DIRECTIONS Some of the following sentences are correct. Others contain problems in grammar, usage, idiom, or diction (word choice). There is not more than one error in any sentence. If there is an error, it will be underlined and lettered. Find the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct, and choose the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. Mark (e) if the sentence contains no error.
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Him and I each other u sin g I will take full responsibility for on the camping trip, the a b c "buddy system" No error to insure each other’s safety. . d e people theater were only in the movie on that stormy Monday night the usher and b a c me No error . . d e
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finding mechanic thoroughly, the problem, the cleaned the carburetor hoping that a clean a b c e lim inate No error the automobile’s stalling problems. . carburetor would d e Us as well as citizens need to speak out on national local issues, because a strong, efficient a b will have on the quality No error federal government its effect of our city. . c d e
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had lain wouldn ' t have been to provoke there without snarling, the visitor tempted a b c d No error . him into biting. e one reads will be surprised improvement If the newspaper carefully everyday, you at the in a b c overall No error reading skills. your d e
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ten percent being that above cost, you are the a b Chief of Police do No error and might me a favor someday. . c d e
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I’m willing to sell you this refrigerator at
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this here decent and strong society remains a b who a var icious No error despite the presence of so many are ignorant and . . c d e
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these days environmental law choo sin g from may practice corporate law, or a variety a b c other No error of alternatives. . d e Attorneys
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There is better go to the only a box of cereal and three breadsticks in the cupboard, so we b a stock up on food No error market and . . c d e vault him today, because in yesterday’s warm-up my higher than b a was better than his No error performance on three occasions. . c d e
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the person this kind w hom I’d like to be in ten years, I wonder if of people a b c will change No error I now associate with . . d e
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