<li><p>Marathon racing, a challenging test of endurance, has become increasingly popular among amateur athletes in the last few years. No Error</p></li>
<li><p>Though best known as a jazz vocalist, he also enjoyed gospel music, whereby he told is manager that he wanted to make a recording of his favorite gospel songs.</p></li>
<li><p>The Mount Isa mine complex is one of the most highly mechanized in the world, plus being the largest single industrial enterprise in Queensland.</p></li>
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<p>I don’t see any error in the first.</p>
<p>In the second, Whereby is incorrect.</p>
<p>The third, “plus being” is wrong.</p>
<p>^ got same answers here~
whereby -> so
plus being -> and it is
i think?</p>
<p>plus –> besides</p>
<p>good job guys, you are all correct. Is “had become” also correct?</p>
<p>no for the 1st one it can only be ‘has become’ since it is talking abt the previous few years compared to the present.</p>
<p>and why is “plus being” wrong?</p>
<p>no, i’m asking, is the phrase “had become” grammatically correct?</p>
<p>ya it is, but literally reading in context, it seems out of place.</p>
<p>plus means also, and it’s not grammatically correct.</p>