Parallel Structure
Rand Paul supports the repeal of the Affordable Care Act as well as that the Department of Education should be eliminated.
A. NO CHANGE
B. the elimination of the Department of Education
C. eliminating the Department of Education
D. eradicating the Department of Education
B. the elimination of the Department of Education
Coming back to the farm, the gruesome scene was seen by everyone in the car.
A. NO CHANGE
B. The gruesome scene being seen by everyone in the car.
C. Everyone in the car saw the gruesome scene.
C. Everyone in the car saw the gruesome scene.
Perhaps one of the most familiar concepts in statistics (1) are the frequency distributions.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are frequency distributions
C. is the frequency distribution
D. delete the underline portion
C. is the frequency distribution
I cannot accept your gift.
A. NO CHANGE
B. except
A. NO CHANGE
Psychologists advise that before making any major changes in your life, a person needs to focus on one's goals.
A. NO CHANGE
B. their lives, focus on the goals
C. their lives, people should focus on their goals
D. one's life, you should focus on your goals
C. their lives, people should focus on their goals
The dancer was praised not only for her strength but also in her agility.
A. NO CHANGE
B. agility
C. for her agility
D. for agility
C. for her agility
Waiting for the crucial trial to begin, the anxiety Neil felt was almost overwhelming.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Neil's anxiety overwhelmed him.
C. Neil felt almost overwhelmed with anxiety.
C. Neil felt almost overwhelmed with anxiety.
Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are coming
A. NO CHANGE
Due to human interventions, the Alaskan salmon now struggle to reach their spawning grounds, a situation that has adversely effected the area's mammals.
A. NO CHANGE
B. affected
B. affected
In nests across North America, the host mother tries to identify their own eggs and weed out the fakes.
A. NO CHANGE
B. host mothers try to identify their own eggs
B. host mothers try to identify their own eggs
Studies have suggested that eating nuts might help to lower blood cholesterol levels in humans and reducing the risk of heart disease.
A. NO CHANGE
B. weakening the risk of heart disease.
C. to deflate the risk of heart disease.
D. to reduce the risk of heart disease.
D. to reduce the risk of heart disease.
The road racer was given a citation racing too close to other bicyclists in the race.
A. NO CHANGE
B. The road racer was given a citation for racing too close to other bicyclists in the race.
C. Racing too close to other bicyclists in the race, a citation was given to the road racer.
B. The road racer was given a citation for racing too close to other bicyclists in the race.
On my forehead resides five unsightly pimples.
A. NO CHANGE
B. reside
B. reside
The public has excess to an economical and efficient recycling center that is responsive to community needs and complies with current federal regulations governing waste disposal.
A. NO CHANGE
B. access
B. access
Threatened by the potential for overpopulation, officials of Central New Jersey have limited their population growth by putting stricter housing regulations and zoning requirements into effect.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Central New Jersey has limited their
C. Central New Jersey has limited its
C. Central New Jersey has limited its
Because I was hungry, tired, and feeling like I was sad, I did not want to go to my appointment.
A. and feeling like I was sad,
B. and sad,
C. I had feelings of sadness,
D. I felt like I was sad,
B. and sad,
When she was only five, Janet's mother married for the third time.
A. NO CHANGE
B. When only five, Janet's mother married for the third time.
C. When Janet was only five, her mother married for the third time.
When Janet was only five, her mother married for the third time.
Under my bed exists a pen and a Taco Bell receipt from 1994.
A. NO CHANGE
B. exist
B. exist
The immigration office could not handle the amalgamation of applicants trying to escape tyranny in their home country.
A) NO CHANGE
B) diffusion
C) prevalence
D) influx
D. influx
The company manual specifically outlines rules for employees about contacting managers while they are out of the office on vacation.
A. NO CHANGE
B. as they are
C. if they are
D. who are
D. who are
Stand-up comedy, one of the least respected performing arts, is valuable to society because the performer is able to inform the audience and making it laugh uncontrollably.
A. making it laugh uncontrollably.
B. making them laugh uncontrollably.
C. uncontrollable laughter is caused by him.
D. make it laugh uncontrollably.
D. make it laugh uncontrollably.
Jane stomped on the bug without shoes on.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Without shoes on, Jane stomped on the bug.
C. On the bug, Jane stomped without shoes.
B.
Without shoes on, Jane stomped on the bug.
Each of the members of the team are athletic.
A. NO CHANGE
B. is
B. is
The employees put forth a plan to cut spending by fifty percent but their boss rejected their audacious scheme.
A) NO CHANGE
B) brash industrial action.
C) bold proposal.
D) spirited counsel.
C. bold proposal
Though both typewriters and computers can be used for word processing, few people used them by the end of the 20th century.
A. NO CHANGE
B. typewriters
C. one
B. typewriters