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Grammar: Sentence Correction and Pronoun Usage

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" small;=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa="">Directions:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times" new="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Like their counterparts in other countries, the student movement in the United States in the 1960s was a powerful one and probably helped to bring the war in Vietnam to an end.

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Like its counterparts in other countries, the student movement in the United States in the 1960s
💡 Explanation:

Explanation for (1): “Their” is intended to refer to “movement”. But “movement” is singular.

Explanation for (2): This option is not incorrect but 'as' does not quite represent the likeness needed.

Explanation for (3): This option is grammatically correct but changes the import of the sentence. 'Just as' does not quite represent the likeness needed.
Justification for (4): “Their” is intended to refer to “movement”. But “movement” is singular. (4) corrects this error by using “its”. Explanation for (5): This option commits the error of modifier by placing 'like in other countries' in between the two clauses. Hence, it is eliminated.
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