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Choose the one word or
phrase which would not be
appropriate in standard written English. |
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The reason he has been
such a success is because he never gives up. |
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For hundreds of years the
Indian tribe has wandered the valleys and mountains
during the spring, and in winter have begun the trip
home. |
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He said that being a king was
dangerous, like he were sitting on top of a
mountain waiting to be pushed off. |
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By the time we had pulled the
drowning child from the water, he wasn't
scarcely breathing. |
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It is important to lock one's
doors at night and do not let anyone enter unless
he identifies himself. |
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I cannot help admiring a
person who does not continually cry about their
problems. |
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While I was explaining my
purpose, she looked uneasy; but in the end she
made no objection of it. |
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Before she began to feel
any stronger, she had taken most all the medicine
prescribed by the doctor. |
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We knew that they would
have more trouble getting there on time than us. |
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10. |
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She felt badly about
breaking the new watch which my parents had given me
for my sixteenth birthday. |
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1. |
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The reason he has been
such a success is that he never gives up. |
2. |
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For hundreds of years the
Indian tribe has wandered the valleys and mountains
during the spring, and in winter
has begun the trip
home. |
3. |
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He said that being a king was
dangerous, as if he were sitting on top of a
mountain waiting to be pushed off. |
4. |
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By the time we had pulled the
drowning child from the water, he
was
scarcely breathing. |
5. |
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It is important to lock one's
doors at night and not to let anyone enter unless
he identifies himself. |
6. |
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I cannot help admiring a
person who does not continually cry about
his
problems. |
7. |
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While I was explaining my
purpose, she looked uneasy; but in the end she
made no objection to
it. |
8. |
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Before she began to feel
any stronger, she had taken almost all the medicine
prescribed by the doctor. |
9. |
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We knew that they would
have more trouble getting there on time than
we. |
10. |
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She felt bad about
breaking the new watch which my parents had given me
for my sixteenth birthday. |
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