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Revised sentence:
Those entrepreneurs who started dot coms just
A B
as the Internet boomed in the early 1990s were
extraordinarily Adjective / Adverb
either wise or extraordinary lucky.
C D
No error
E
Correct Answer: (D)
Let’s check the answer choices one by one to make sure that we are not missing an error.
(A) check the phrase “no longer.” Can something no longer exist? Sure. Her belief in true love no
longer exists.
(B) “negatively” is an adverb that modifies the verb “affected.”
(C) “affected” is a present perfect tense verb. Notice it is connected to “has” - has affected. The
construction and urbanization occurred in the past and as a result of these past actions the
remnants no longer exist in the present, so verb tense is correct. ETS is also testing the diction
of “affected” against the similarly spelled word “effected.” ETS will use “affect” as a verb (to
affect something – meaning “to influence”) and “effect” as a noun (the result of something).
(D) “the hill’s” is the region we are talking about. Let’s check the punctuation. Hill is singular so it
should indeed be attached to an apostrophe followed by an “s.”
Correct Answer: (E)
11.Most of the hexagonal columnar joints of Gilbert
Hill are the remnants of a ridge that no longer
A
exists, the result of heavy construction andurbanization that has negatively affected
B C
the hill’s surrounding area. No error
D E12.Mrs. Ray boastfully presented her son’s new
A B
invention, a washing machine that dries, fluffs,
C
and folds when pushing a button. No error
D E
Did you laugh out loud when you read the sentence, or did you miss the Misplaced Modifier error?
(A) “boastfully” is an adverb modifying the way she “presented” the invention. Adverbs modify
verbs so it checks.