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Pedestrians sauntering along the sidewalks and cars cruised through the old town streets provided a congenial background to the site. 

• NO CHANGE
• cruising
• were cruising
• DELETE the underlined portion

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What is precision of language?

• Not talking back to adults
• Speaking only when spoken to
• No cussing
• Saying exactly what is meant

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How would you best remove the RED phrase from the sentence to have it be clearer?
John wanted approval for his speech before he was able to achieve his goal and be able to hire 1,000 new employees.

• John wanted . . . to hire 1,000 new employees.
• John wanted: to hire 1,000 new employees.
• John wanted to hire . . . 1,000 new employees.
• John wanted to hire: 1,000 new employees.

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Ann __________ milk.

• doesn't drink
• don't drink
• doesn't drinks
• don't drinks

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Connie doesn't talk on the phone or __________ letters.

• writes
• write
• doesn't write

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She worked for the thirty years as a teacher and librarian in the field of education in Baltimore public schools. Which of the following words or phrases from the preceding sentence is LEAST necessary and could therefore be deleted?

• thirty
• and librarian
• Baltimore public
• in the field of education

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I'd like this school year to be over and done with.

• NO CHANGE
• over.
• over and finished.
• done and gone.

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Select the answer choice that correctly uses an ellipsis to omit the underlined words in the sentence. 

The factory workers, producing tanks for the war effort, worked many hours of overtime. 

• The factory workers . . . worked many hours of overtime. 
• The factory workers worked many hours of overtime. 
• The factory workers, . . . worked many hours of overtime. 
• The factory workers, . . . , worked many hours of overtime. 

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Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

• The lady shopped for a dress with a headache.
• The lady with a headache shopped for a dress.

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Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

• Exhausted by his first day at school, Sam's eyes closed in the middle of his favorite TV show.

• Exhausted by his first day at school, Sam closed his eyes in the middle of his favorite TV show.

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