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Sentence 7:Our town will never again enjoy the advantages of being a tightly-knit community.
Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

A) replace will never with won't never
B) replace Our town with Theirs
C) remove the after enjoy
D) replace Our town with They
E) no correction is necessary

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Sentence 1A 15-quart pot of stew takes at least 24 hours to cool in the center, allowing plenty of time for bacteria to develop and multiply.
Which correction should be made to sentence 11?

A) replace least with leased
B) no correction is necessary
C) insert a comma after time
D) change takes to take
E) insert a comma after develop

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Cowgirls
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A) insert a comma after ride
B) insert a comma after ranch
C) insert a comma after visit
D) Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were products of the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came from different backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser from New York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted by the excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders and ropers rose to prominence in the first half of the 1900s.
(B)
E) Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As a teenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where Teddy Roosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family's ranch Roosevelt witnessed Lucille's breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.(8) Impressed by her skill and daring, Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall to lead the inaugural procession when he took office as president of the United States.(9) Kalpernik is believed to be the first cowgirl to ride a bucking horse in serious competition.(10) Around 1900, she rode 100 miles from Colorado to Wyoming to enter the previously all-male rodeo.(11) She won on a horse named Tombstone.(12) She rode him all the way back to Colorado! (13) Roy Rogers named his horse "Trigger" and Gene Autry, another famous singing cowboy, had ahorse named "Champ." (14) A year later, Kalpernik becomes the star performer in a Wild West show and
continued competing in top rodeos held throughout the country.(15) As true pioneers those
women and many others are part of the history and heritage of the West.
Material adapted from Milt Riske.Those Magnificent Cowgirls:A History of the Rodeo
Cowgirl.Cheyenne:Wyoming Publishing, 1983.
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Sentences 7:During a visit to the Mulhall family's ranch Roosevelt witnessed Lucille's
breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.
Which correction should be made to sentence 7?
F) change witnessed to having witnessed
G) change Lucille's to Lucilles'

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Sentence Van Gogh, in his paintings, and beliefs, was a champion of the lower classes.
Which correction should be made to sentence 3?

A) insert a comma after lower
B) remove the comma after beliefs
C) change beliefs to believes
D) remove the comma after Gogh
E) remove the comma after paintings

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Sentence 1Also, an automobile ran in a closed garage emits highly toxic levels.
Which correction should be made to sentence 14?

A) change emits to emitting
B) insert a comma after garage
C) change levels to level
D) replace Also, with Because
E) change ran to running

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