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1. Being the first person in his family ever to attend college. Alex is determined to succeed.
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The passage contains one or more sentence fragments.
2. Does our society rob children of their childhood? By making them aware too soon of adult ills?
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The passage contains one or more sentence fragments.
3. Richard the Third supposedly had the young princes murdered. No one has ever found out what really happened to them.
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4. For democracy to function, two elements are crucial. An educated populace and a collective belief in people's ability to chart their own course.
The passage contains only complete sentences
The passage contains one or more sentence fragments.
5. You must take his stories as others do. Take them with a grain of salt.
The passage contains only complete sentences
The passage contains one or more sentence fragments.
6. Dr. Frankenstein flung a power switch, blue streamers of static electricity crackled about the table, the creature gave a grunt and opened smoldering eyes.
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7. "I've won!" exclaimed the scientist in triumph he circled the room doing a demented Irish reel.
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8. The creature's right hand strained, the heavy steel manacle imprisoning his wrist began to creak
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9. Like a staple wrenched from a document, the mancle yielded.
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10. The creature sat upright and tugged at the shackles binding his ankles, Frankenstein uttered a piercing scream.
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11. I know that he will not yet have returned from Chicago.
know- present
have returned- present
know-present
will not have returned- future
12. His parents had been expecting him home any day until they heard that he was still waiting for the bus.
had been expecting - past
was waiting - past
had been - past
heard - past
was waiting - past
had been expecting - past
heard - past
was waiting - past
13. As of May 1, Ira and Sandy will have been going together for a year.
will have been going - future
going - present
been going - present
will have been going - present
14. She will be working in her study if you need her.
be working - present
will be working - future
working - present
be working - future
15. Have you been hoping that Carlos will come to your party?
been hoping - present
come - present
have been hoping - past
will come - future
Have been hoping - present
will come - future
16. Sometimes only one person conducts an interview, while other times a whole committee conduct it. (Is It Correct or Incorrect)
17. Making eye contact, dressing professionally, and appearing confident is some of the qualities an interviewer may consider important. (Is it Correct or Incorrect)
18. After an interview, most people s(end a thank-you letter to the person who conducted it. (Is it Correct or Incorrect)
19. Have you guessed the identity of the person to whom I am referring? ( Is it Correct or Incorrect)
20. The Himalyan Glacier is receding, but no one knows why this is happening.
The pronoun clearly refers to an antecedent.
The pronoun has no clear antecedent.
21. Archaeologists have found thousands of dinosaur bones buried in Kansas farmland. It is amazing to think that dinosaurs once roamed the plains of Kansas!
The sentence demonstrates clear and correct pronoun usage.
The pronoun in this sentence does not clearly refer to an antecedent.