In each of the following items, select the choice that corrects the error, if any, in the original sentence. If the sentence does not contain any errors, click on “No change.”
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Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. If your instructor has assigned this exercise set, you must answer every question before your answers will be submitted to the gradebook.
I was sitting on a log bridge, the sun sank low in the sky.
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Businesspeople today have no choice they must write clearly.
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I completed the test; I was uncertain about the last essay question.
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My mother taught me to read my grandmother taught me to love to read.
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Because David Copperfield was written as a serial, it is ideal for television.
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Abraham Lincoln called for troops to fight the Confederacy, four more Southern states seceded as a result.
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The California condor is almost extinct scientists are trying to save it.
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E. B. White died in 1985 his work continues to inspire readers.
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Václav Havel was once imprisoned as a dissident, still, he eventually became president of the Czech Republic.
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The music lifted her spirits, so she stopped sighing and began to sing.
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