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Directions: 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.
The writer then adds the names of several distinguished jurists who postponed the beginning of their legal studies, or at least his legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond the conventional student period.
- or at least his legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond
- and at least his legal practice, from a time of life quite beyond
- or at least their legal practice, to a time in life quite beyond
- and at least his legal practice, to a time in life quite beyond
- or at least their legal practice, to a time of life quite beyond
Directions: 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.
Humility, the finest human characteristic, is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.
- is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.
- is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of our perceived link up with servility.
- are all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of our perceived link up with servility.
- is all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of its perceived link up with servility.
- are all but forgotten in our daily dealings because of their perceived link up with servility.
Directions: 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.
Since the jury was divided in its opinion, the judge had no alternative but to err on the safer side.
- Since the jury was divided in its opinion
- Since the jury was divided in their opinion
- Since the jury were divided in their opinion
- Since the jury were divided in its opinion
- Since the jury members were divided in their opinions
Directions: 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.
Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce own motion pictures, are thereby assuming ever more control of their art.
- Contemporary film directors, some of them write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
- Contemporary film directors, some of them writing the scripts for, acting in, and even producing
- Some of the contemporary film directors, write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
- Contemporary film directors, some of whom write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
- Contemporary film directors write the scripts for, act in, and even produce
Directions: 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.
I left Jeeves to get my baggage safely past an aggregation of suspicious-minded guards that were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel.
- that were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,
- who were digging for buried treasures among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,
- that were digging for buried treasures amongst my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,
- who were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and drove to the hotel,
- who were digging for buried treasure among my new shirts, and had driven to the hotel,
Directions: 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.
The third distinctive note of this generation of writers is their dogma of impartiality.
- this generation of writers is their dogma
- this generation of writers is its dogma
- this generation is its dogma
- this generation of writers is his dogma
- this generation is his dogma
Directions: 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.
He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and immediately prepared for his departure.
- He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and
- He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and he would soon be with her, and then
- He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself would soon be with her, and then
- He did write a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that George and he would soon be with her, and then
- He wrote a long letter to Emily, in which he expressed a hope that both George and himself will soon be with her, and