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Sentence 2
With this mailing, we happy to extend an offer to renew your policy.

Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

  1. replace With with Because
  2. insert are after we
  3. replace to extend with by extending
  4. replace an with a
  5. replace to renew with for to renew

Answer(s): B



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Making a Budget

(A)
(1) Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles. (2) First, writing down all your income for one month. (3) Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive. (4) Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses. (5) Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such as payments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.
(B)
(7) You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend more on them than you realize.(8) These includes purchases of such things as sodas, snacks, newspapers, magazines, and candy.(9) Add them up for a week and then multiply the weekly total by the number of weeks in the month to determine the total monthly cost.(10) Transportation costs, such as bus and subway fairs along with gasoline and tolls, should also be calculated as monthly expenses.
(C)
(11) Finally, it’s important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visits to doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events as Christmas and birthdays are other kinds of expenses you can plan for certain months.(13)
Other activities, such as celebrating a holiday or taking a vacation, often demand extra spending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy new clothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much money you need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to save for the future.

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Sentence 6:
You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such as payments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.

The most effective revision of sentence 6 would begin with which group of words?

  1. Adding up, you and the bills
  2. The bills they add up, and because you forget they add up
  3. Not forgetting because they add up, smaller monthly
  4. You must not forget smaller monthly bills that add up, such as
  5. Smaller monthly bills you must not forget

Answer(s): D



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Sentence 16:
If, however, he was not telling the truth about the hours, he was dishonest and made me sacrifice valuable work time.

Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 16?

  1. move sentence 16 to the beginning of paragraph B
  2. move sentence 16 to follow sentence 5
  3. move sentence 16 to follow sentence 13
  4. move sentence16 tofollow sentence 14
  5. no revision is necessary

Answer(s): E



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Sentence 9:
Normally we try to pay invoices within twenty days of receiving them, in this case, we will not pay any of the charges until you have provided us with a clear explanation of the bill.

Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option A.

  1. them, in this case,
  2. them, in this case, although
  3. them in this case.However,
  4. them in this case,
  5. them, but in this case

Answer(s): E






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