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1. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
A doctor at the Metropolitan Clinic in Chicago claims that if women give up smoking and ate a healthful diet, their children would be less likely to develop lung diseases.
Answers: • claims that if women gave up smoking and ate a healthy diet
2. Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Daphne's latest exhibition was roundly panned by the critics, whereas her earlier works had received a lukewarm reception.
Answers: • Replace the incorrect adverb "roundly" with the more appropriate "thoroughly."
3. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
The Board of Directors on Monday said that the company could undertake the additional activities without first seeking the approving of the foreign investors.
Answers: • without first seeking approval from the foreign investors
4. Read the following passage from the manuscript of a novel and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Along the dusty roadway lay intermittent reminders of the war: a mud-filled crater here, a bullet-riddled tree there—and all around, the silence of expectation, of the calm before the storm.
Answers: • Query the author about the logic of the phrase "the silence of expectation."
5. Read the following passage and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
1)Catherine Bliss, who was one of the richest women
2)in the city in the 1940s, died at the age of 92 in a dingy
3)New York hotel suite where she had lived with 3 cats and five
4)parakeets for more than 20 years. Her downfall was attributed to
5)her husband Barry Bliss's shady dealings in the early 1970s.
Answers: • Edit lines (2) and (5) for apostrophe usage.
6. Read the following sentence and identify the type/s of error/s it contains.
The differences in the two committees had finally reached an insurmountable level; each wanted to delve in the problem more deeply, but neither wanted to cooperate among the other.
Answers: • Errors in preposition usage
7. Which of the following sentences requires editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?
Answers: • Please lie the snake on the table and back away slowly.
8. All but one of the following sentences require editing to correct passive voice, wordiness, or redundancy. Consider the underlined phrases, and then select the sentence that does NOT require editing.
Answers: • Our uncle has over $100,000 hidden under his mattress, yet he won't give us one dollar even when we beg for it.
9. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) Use a plug-in
c) use a widget
d) None of the above
10. In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
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1. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
A doctor at the Metropolitan Clinic in Chicago claims that if women give up smoking and ate a healthful diet, their children would be less likely to develop lung diseases.
Answers: • claims that if women gave up smoking and ate a healthy diet
2. Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Daphne's latest exhibition was roundly panned by the critics, whereas her earlier works had received a lukewarm reception.
Answers: • Replace the incorrect adverb "roundly" with the more appropriate "thoroughly."
3. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.
The Board of Directors on Monday said that the company could undertake the additional activities without first seeking the approving of the foreign investors.
Answers: • without first seeking approval from the foreign investors
4. Read the following passage from the manuscript of a novel and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
Along the dusty roadway lay intermittent reminders of the war: a mud-filled crater here, a bullet-riddled tree there—and all around, the silence of expectation, of the calm before the storm.
Answers: • Query the author about the logic of the phrase "the silence of expectation."
5. Read the following passage and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
1)Catherine Bliss, who was one of the richest women
2)in the city in the 1940s, died at the age of 92 in a dingy
3)New York hotel suite where she had lived with 3 cats and five
4)parakeets for more than 20 years. Her downfall was attributed to
5)her husband Barry Bliss's shady dealings in the early 1970s.
Answers: • Edit lines (2) and (5) for apostrophe usage.
6. Read the following sentence and identify the type/s of error/s it contains.
The differences in the two committees had finally reached an insurmountable level; each wanted to delve in the problem more deeply, but neither wanted to cooperate among the other.
Answers: • Errors in preposition usage
7. Which of the following sentences requires editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?
Answers: • Please lie the snake on the table and back away slowly.
8. All but one of the following sentences require editing to correct passive voice, wordiness, or redundancy. Consider the underlined phrases, and then select the sentence that does NOT require editing.
Answers: • Our uncle has over $100,000 hidden under his mattress, yet he won't give us one dollar even when we beg for it.
9. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) Use a plug-in
c) use a widget
d) None of the above
10. In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
