Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The short story

  2. should not exceed

  3. more than

  4. two hundred words

  5. No error
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Exceed means to go beyond a limit. Saying exceed more than is redundant because exceed already includes the concept of more than. The correct phrasing is either exceed two hundred words OR be more than two hundred words, not both together.

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