04-11-2009, 05:08 PM
Saturday, April 11
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
Long one of the(A) favorite characters of(B) American folklore, Hiawatha is© best known to be(D) the hero of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha. No error(E)
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. ©
D. (D)
E. (E)
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Correct Answer: D
* Here's Why:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an improper idiom. The idiom is “best known as,” not “best known to be.”
* Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors
(Writing)
I picked E because though I might have phrased the sentence differently, I thought it was grammatically correct. Are idioms cast in stone?
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The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
Long one of the(A) favorite characters of(B) American folklore, Hiawatha is© best known to be(D) the hero of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha. No error(E)
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. ©
D. (D)
E. (E)
[spoiler=Answer]
Correct Answer: D
* Here's Why:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an improper idiom. The idiom is “best known as,” not “best known to be.”
* Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors
(Writing)
I picked E because though I might have phrased the sentence differently, I thought it was grammatically correct. Are idioms cast in stone?
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