11325.A nonprofit organization, Project Angel Food
has been serving needy people since 1989,
A B
annually delivering nearly 700,000 meals
C
each year. No error
D ERedundancy errors are extremely hard to catch! Check the answers one by one.
(A) “has been serving” is a present perfect verb. Is this an action that started in the past and
continues on into the present? Yes! Serving since 1989.
(B) “since” is the correct conjunction and appropriately sets up the present perfect tense.
(C) “nearly” is an adverb modifying the “700,000 meals.”
(D) “each year” is redundant to “annually.” Remove it!
Revised sentence:
A nonprofit organization, Project Angel Food
has been serving needy people since 1989,
A B
annually delivering nearly 700,000 meals
C
each year. No error Redundancy
D E
Correct Answer: (D)