Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

In countries such as China the government is recognizing the advantages of a capitalist market rather than communism and adjust economic policy accordingly.

A. capitalist market rather than communism and adjust

B. capitalist market rather than Communism and adjust

C. capitalist market rather than a communist market and adjust

D. capitalist market rather than a communist market and adjusting

E. Capitalistic market nor a Communist market and adjusting

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct answer.

The story is set in Boston, in colonial times when much of the land was undeveloped.

A. No error

B. Boston in colonial times when

C. Boston, in colonial times: when

D. Boston, in colonial times, when

E. Boston; in colonial times, when

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

Then he dropped them both, and the big one landed first ?which he had thought it would do, and the little one landed second, which he had thought it would do.

A. No error

B. one landed first, which

C. one landed first: that

D. one landed first; which

E. one landed first ?that

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Many people would immediately stop smoking if they knew only all the dangers, says the report.

A. Many people

B. immediately stop

C. dangers, says

D. knew only

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

At long last the doctor – a total stranger; showed up at the house.

A. At long last

B. – a

C. stranger;

D. at the house.

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Usually around the month of September many teenagers feel melancholy with the arrival of yet another school year; by May, everyone is ecstatic.

A. around the month of September

B. melancholy

C. arrival of

D. by May

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

After the brilliant team that developed the atomic bomb for the United States government finished testing and realized the apocalyptic consequences of use, each member of the team felt remorseful and adamant urged the government to reach peace.

A. that

B. apocalyptic

C. use

D. adamant

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

It is ineffective for high school administration to make policy without even asking for student input; banning flip flops and enforcing strict dress codes has merit but there must be a happy medium in school policy.

A. ineffective

B. administration

C. student

D. has

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Although Paloma did her very best on the test, she was disappointed to find that she had gotten several questions wrong because of simple multiplication errors.

A. very best

B. to find

C. she

D. wrong

E. No error

Identify the error in the following sentence:

Until you sit down and talk to a person, you don't really know them.

A. No error

B. you don't know them really.

C. you do not really know them.

D. you do not really know him.

E. you don't really know him or her.