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Click on the clearest, most grammatically correct sentence. |
| | A) | Cosmology is when scientists study theories about the structure of the universe. |
| | B) | Cosmology is where scientists study theories about the structure of the universe. |
| | C) | Cosmology is the study of theories about the structure of the universe. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | Our company has never treated anyone else as badly as it treated Millie. |
| | B) | In our company has never treated anyone as badly as it treated Millie. |
| | C) | No other employee has ever been treated as badly by our company as Millie has. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | We got angry while listening to the news report because the story was obviously slanted. |
| | B) | The reason we got angry while listening to the news report was because the story was obviously slanted. |
| | C) | The reason we got angry while listening to the news report was that the story was obviously slanted. |
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Click on the clearest, most grammatically correct sentence. |
| | A) | Getting up ten minutes earlier means that I can avoid the heavy traffic that always makes me late for work. |
| | B) | By getting up ten minutes earlier means that I can avoid the heavy traffic that always makes me late for work. |
| | C) | If I get up ten minutes earlier means that I can avoid the heavy traffic that always makes me late for work. |
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Click on the clearest, most grammatically correct sentence. |
| | A) | The more money we save today means much more to us in the future. |
| | B) | The money we save today, the more we will have tomorrow. |
| | C) | The more we save today, the more we will have tomorrow. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | After giving its first international performance in London in 1956, the Bolshoi Ballet Company achieved worldwide prominence. |
| | B) | At its first international performance in London in 1956 was when the Bolshoi Ballet Company achieved worldwide prominence. |
| | C) | The Bolshoi Ballet Company achieved worldwide prominence after its first international performance in London in 1956. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | To increase safety after Columbine, metal detectors were installed at school entrances. |
| | B) | After Columbine, the use of metal detectors in school entrances was designed to increase safety. |
| | C) | After Columbine, metal detectors were installed at school entrances to increase safety. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | Not having eaten for two days, the child was hungry. |
| | B) | Having eaten nothing for two days, so the child was hungry. |
| | C) | Having eaten nothing for two days, the child was hungry. |
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Click on the clearest, most grammatically correct sentence. |
| | A) | A line drive is when a batter hits a ball directly at a fielder. |
| | B) | A line drive is where a batter hits a ball directly at a fielder. |
| | C) | A line drive occurs when a batter hits a ball directly at a fielder. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | The most difficult kind of program for me would be a school with both a math and a science requirement. |
| | B) | A program with both a math and a science requirement would be difficult for me. |
| | C) | The most difficult kind of program for me would be one with both a math and a science requirement. |
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Click on the sentence that contains a mixed or illogical construction. |
| | A) | In a democracy like the United States, where the people voted for Franklin Roosevelt 1932 to 1944, rather than a dictatorship like Germany under the Nazis, which was ruled by Adolph Hitler, who seized power in 1933 and kept it until Germany lost the war in 1945. |
| | B) | In the United States, which is a democracy, the people voted for Franklin Roosevelt in four elections from 1932 to 1944; in Nazi Germany, which was a dictatorship, Adolph Hitler seized power in 1933 and kept it until 1945, when Germany lost the war. |
| | C) | Franklin Roosevelt was democratically elected in four elections from 1932 to 1944; Adolph Hitler, on the other hand, seized power in 1933, instituting a dictatorship, and he retained power until Germany lost the war in 1945. |
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Click on the clearest, most grammatically correct sentence. |
| | A) | For students of U.S. history often wonder how the House Un-American Activities Committee could have been tolerated. |
| | B) | Students of U.S. history often wonder how the House Un-American Activities Committee could have been tolerated. |
| | C) | Students of U.S. history who often wonder how the House Un-American Activities Committee could have been tolerated. |
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