Revising and Editing Test

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What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence? I greatly enjoyed the Express games but I always had the notion that Triple-A ball just wasn't as important or as exciting as Major League ball.

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insert a comma after games

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What change should be made in the sentence? I could not stop thinking about the Rangers and how exciting it would be to see a Major League grand slam or watching a famous player steal second.

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Change watching to watch.

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What change should be made in the sentence? My aunt knows how much it meant to me to get to see a Major League game, and how much I have enjoyed that time with her.

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Delete have

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What change is needed in the sentence? My heart raced as our team made an incredable comeback after being down five runs, sending the game into extra innings, and my voice joined joyously with the roar of the crowd when my favorite player hit a walk-off home run. Options: Change incredable to incredible, Delete the comma after innings, Change joyously to joyous, change favorite to favorit

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Change incredable to incredible

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What change is needed in the sentence? Most of the recent proposed explanations are more believable then flying dinosaurs, however.

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Change then to than

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What change is needed in the sentence? James Bunnell, a retired aerospace engineer argues that the headlights are not the same as the naturally occurring light show.

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Insert a comma after engineer

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What change is needed in the sentence?

Weather these unusual animals are real or imagined has not been proven, but most sightings have a rational explanation.

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Change Weather to Whether

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What is the most effective way to combine these sentences? (1) For example, the minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour. (2) At this rate, a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work to earn.

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For example, at the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, a $100 pair of jeans would take almost 14 hours of work to earn.

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What is the most effective way to revise the sentence? This water, called seepage, wears down the limestone and eventually by the water doing this it forms the caves.

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The water, called seepage, wears down the limestone and eventually forms the caves.

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What is the most effective way to revise the sentence? If you choose to study in a country your relatives or ancestors came from, you can do research there to learn more of what the facts are about your family.

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If you choose to study in a country your relatives or ancestors came from, you can do research there to learn more about your family.