Editing - CUPS

Which two sentences are written incorrectly?

(Revising: Many times there are two choices that have a grammatic error. If you can find these, then you can better your chance at choosing the correct answer.)

• We can't always be right and someone has to take the blame.

• We can't always be right; so someone has to take the blame.

• We can't always be right; someone has to take the blame.

• We can't always be right, so someone has to take the blame.

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E4.9C

E3.9D

E2.9D

E2.9C

E2.9D.i

Which two sentences are written incorrectly?

(Revising: Many times there are two choices that have a grammatic error. If you can find these, then you can better your chance at choosing the correct answer.)

• My friends and I always love to sing together; we harmonize so well.

• My friends and I always love to sing together, we harmonize so well.

• My friends and I always love to sing together, because we harmonize so well.

• My friends and I always love to sing together, for we harmonize so well together.

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E1.9D.v

E4.9C

E3.9D

E2.9D

E1.9D

What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?

(23) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct. (24) Scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.

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E1.9D.v

E4.9C

E2.9C

E3.9C

E1.9C

Which sentence is correct?

• All around the world, the season change, and the weather changes, too.

• all around the world, the season change, and the weather changes, too.

• All around the world the season change and the weather changes to.

• All around the world, the season change, and the whether changes, two.

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E1.9D.v

E4.9C

E2.9D.v

Which visual image would best entice new baseball players to join the LaVergne Baseball League?

• the team with a huge trophy after winning a game

• the coach conducting a baseball practice

• the team practicing on the baseball field

• the bleachers filled with parents encouraging the team

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E1.4D

E2.4D

E3.4D

E4.4D

E4.2B

People may say that the government makes laws and passes bills but we ourselves as a collective society create our own independent social norms.

• No corrections

• Add a comma before the conjunction “but”

• Add a period after the word “bills” and capitalize the word “but”

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E1.9D.v

E2.9D.v

E1.4D

Which dialogue is formatted correctly?

• "Is it this one?" they wondered.

• "Is it this one" they wondered.

• "Is it this one" they wondered."

• Is it this one? they wondered.

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E1.9D.v

E3.9D

E2.9D.v

E4.9D

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

The long-term, cost-saving, and environmental benefits of a community solar farm far outweighing the downside of the initial costs.

• Delete the comma after long-term

• Change environmental to envirnmental

• Change outweighing to outweigh

• This sentence is correct.

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E3.9D

E4.9D

E1.9D.ii

E2.9D.ii

Tonights game is in Blue Ridge.

• Tonight's

• Tonights'

• no change

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E1.9D.v

E2.9D.v

E4.9D

E3.10D

They are not forced to listen or obey the law or societies rules because they make the rules for themselves.

• No corrections

• Add an apostrophe after the “s” in the word “societies”

• Change the spelling of the word “societies” to “society’s” (singular) and add an apostrophe

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E4.9C

E3.10D

E1.9D.vi

E2.9D.vi