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Bess (A) will mail the package to her cousin (B) in Atlanta fourteen long (C) days before the fragile package (D) arrived. (E) No error.

• (A) will mail

• (B) in Atlanta

• (C) days before

• (D) arrived

• (E) No error

Video games (A) have gotten more and more realistic (B) every year; when I (C) was a kid, for example, the most high-tech game (D) is Pac-Man. (E) No error.

• (A) have gotten

• (B) every year

• (C) was

• (D) is

• (E) No error.

After listening to the prisoner's passionate pleas, Judge Jim decided to grant the man _________.

• platitude

• vengeance

• vulnerability

• viscosity

• clemency

The ______ clues were discovered when the famous detective conducted a ______ investigation.

• unmistakable...enthusiastic

• mysterious...meticulous

• shrouded...thorough

• hidden...thorough

• faint...painstaking

She thought she had bought temporary dye; therefore, her hair was bright orange for three months, so it seemed she'd made a mistake.

• Correct as is.

• ; and, her hair

• , and, her hair

• ; thus, her hair

• , but her hair

Dogs are man's best friend, except when the dog scratches the sofa or soils the carpet.

• Correct as is.

• Dogs are men's best friend

• Dogs are man's best friends

• Dogs were man's best friend

• A dog is a man's best friend

The keynote speaker began his address with a humorous ______ that was ______ to his presentation.

• anachronism...fortuitous

• abbreviation...conditional

• aberration...instructional

• anomaly...enigmatic

• anecdote...relevant