3 Writing ISE Questions

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<li><p>Every year there is still a great number of shoppers, who have not mailed their packages in time to guarentee delivery before the holiday. No error.</p></li>
<li><p>Since Colombus first landed on the West Indies, the Americas have enticed travelers and settlers alike, all seeking to experience the wonders and opportunities to be found there. No error.</p></li>
<li><p>The lawyer was dismayed that she was lacking enough cooperative facts to prove her client’s innocence, so she hired an investigator to help her find more evidence. No error.</p></li>
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<p>Provide your answers and reasons, and when I come back, I’ll give the correct answers.</p>

2

<ol>
<li>A
2.e
3.b</li>
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3

<p>okay so reasons… A is wrong because is should be are as “a number” takes a plural verb.
corroborative instead of cooperative in number 3… diction error.</p>

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<p>^ what book are these questions out of???</p>

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<p>2 could be A if the correct idiom is “landed IN the West Indies.” “I landed in New York” sounds better to my ear than “I landed on New York.”</p>

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<p>Answers:

  1. A
  2. A
  3. B</p>

<p>@KingUncaged1 - These are from a private class I attend, not from any book I believe.</p>