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Each sentence in this section contains one of the errors…
Each sentence in this section contains one of the errors abbreviated above.
For each sentence, identify the error and write its abbreviation in the blank.
Then rewrite the entire sentence in the space following to make it grammatically correct.
Example:
MOD___ Running up Heartbreak Hill, my left shoelace became untied, and I tripped, falling flat on my face.
Rewrite: While I was running up Heartbreak Hill, my left shoelace became untied and I tripped, falling flat on my face.
1. This is one of those diagnostic tests which drive students crazy.
2. Neither of the tax bills have passed the Senate.
3. Among the recently unearthed treasures from grandma’s attic are a string of real pearls.
4. Though she still won, Jalani felt badly about mixing up the countries of Europe during the first portion of the trivia contest.
5. Jordan, the internationally-acclaimed pianist, left the conservatory because his student loan debt was too high.
6. The head of the production company met with the director and I.
7. The candidate for mayor laid on the couch, crying deep into the night over the lost election.
8. The blue chip stocks managed a modest gain, the bond market dropped at an alarming rate.
9. Either the messengers who delivered the news or the president of the company were responsible for changing the details of the merger.
10. This is the person who police suspect of breaking social distancing rules.
11. he last people to see my grandmother in her own home were my mother and me. We should have taken a picture that day.
12. “I won’t consider your arrest record when I consider your sentence,” said Judge Roberts to the teen perpetrator. After that he didn’t know what to say.
13. The employee who had been fired for theft asked, “Could you give me a chance to rehabilitate my image”?
14. The pilot, who had the most experience, was the one I would choose to pilot my plane.
15. My new inheritance-the house in the Hamptons, the Comcast stock, the Picasso sketch, was worth over four million dollars; I was now wealthy.
16. Ameliana is taller than I am, but I have more flexibility than her.
17. I felt bad that Mark worked so hard on behalf of the campaign without getting credit in the year-end program, however, knowing that he got paid at the end of summer provided me with some relief.
18. Running up Heartbreak Hill, my left shoelace became untied, and I tripped, falling flat on my face.
19. Last year I had wanted to take the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard for vacation.
20. His grandfather died years ago, when he was just a young boy.
