For each item below, select the sentence that is grammatically correct.
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | Only if I were starving would I go to that restaurant! |
| | B) | I would only go to that restaurant if I were starving! |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | John's mother told him to not ride his new bike in the street. |
| | B) | John's mother told him not to ride his new bike in the street. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | However well intended, my efforts to reprimand the young child proved futile. |
| | B) | My efforts to reprimand the young child, however well intended, proved futile. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | Growing older, leisure time meant more and more to Helen. |
| | B) | Helen found that leisure time meant more and more to her as she grew older. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | Totaled in a three-car accident, Gil mourned the loss of his new Ferrari. |
| | B) | Gil mourned the loss of his new Ferrari, which he totaled in a three-car accident. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | Having waited with bated breath, the twins were disappointed by the delayed delivery of their new plasma TV. |
| | B) | Having waited with bated breath, the delayed delivery of their new plasma TV was a great disappointment to the twins. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | Paddling a canoe up the Amazon, the piranhas were a fearsome sight. |
| | B) | While paddling our canoe up the Amazon, we found the piranhas to be a fearsome sight. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | According to the polls, the political upstart was ahead of the incumbent in the race for the Senate seat. |
| | B) | According to the polls, in the race for the Senate seat, the political upstart was ahead of the incumbent. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | The woman watched frantically the departure of the ambulance as it took her stricken husband to the hospital. |
| | B) | The woman frantically watched the departure of the ambulance as it took her stricken husband to the hospital. |
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Select either A or B below. |
| | A) | The two men, despite their contrasting views on political issues, got along very well. |
| | B) | Despite their contrasting views on political issues, the two men got along very well. |
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