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The rain has a big affect on his mood.
Here, we need the noun “effect,” not the verb “affect.”
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I learned a lot from the woman that I talked to.
We do not end a sentence with a preposition. Also, we use the pronoun "whom" when a person is the object of the verb. Here, the woman is the object of the verb "talked".
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The car was determined to be the one which was used in the robbery.
While the underlined phrase is a bit convoluted, the phrase is fully grammatically correct. Either "that" or "which" would be appropriate in the sentence, but using both or futher modifying the phrase makes it confusing and unclear.
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No matter how hard I concentrated on the question, the solution to it kept alluding me.
This question deals with incorrect word choice. The correct word is elude, which means to stay out of reach. Allude means to indirectly refer to something.
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The two campaigns became certain the election was so close election night would not feature a definite result.
The key problem with the sentence is that the portion after the underlined part has to be introduced by a pronoun introducing the relative clause "election night would not feature a definite result." "Was so close that" is the only choice among the answers featuring such a word.
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Kylie studied until morning in preparing her test stategy for the next exam.
This is an usual utilization of the word "preparing." Simply "to prepare" is more practical.
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We're you ever planning on telling me that we're almost out of gas or were you going to wait until the car stopped working?
"Were" is the past tense of "to be," and "we're" is the contraction of the two words "we are." For the first underlined word, we need the past tense of "to be," and we can tell this by noticing that this "were" needs to function as part of the verb "were . . . ever planning." The second underlined word needs to be the contraction of "we are," since we could replace it with "we are" ("that we are almost out of gas") and the sentence would still make sense. The third word needs to be the past tense of "to be," since, like the first word, it is part of the verb phrase "were . . . going." So, the correct answer is "Were you ever planning on telling me that we're almost out of gas? Or were you going to wait until the car stopped working?"
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What is most importantest in life is having love, health, and happiness in personal relationships.
"Importantest" is not a word, and is an incorrect superlative form. The proper superlative form of "important" is "most important," which is the correct answer choice.
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Marlene and Josh spent hours debating what to wear and where to go for dinner.
"Wear" is a verb, "where" is an adverb, and "were" is the plural past tense form of the verb "to be." So, the correct answer is "wear and where."
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The politicians couldn't hardly believe their luck.
We are looking for the answer choice without negation. "Could hardly believe their luck" is the only answer that does not contain a negative.
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The snob woman looked down on the slovenly young man, who always dressed in a disheveled manner.
The use of "snob" as an adjective in this sentence is incorrect, as "snob" is a noun and cannot properly modify "woman." The word needs to be changed to an adjectival form. "The snobby woman looked down on the slovenly young man" is the only answer choice to appropriately use an adjective.
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Many New Yorkers had no choice but to evacuate the area because of the imminent danger of the approaching snow storm.
“Imminent” means threatening or looming, while “eminent” means well-known or famous. Also, “snowstorm” is a compound word (two words put together).
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Some writers use literary illusions to tactfully reference authors who previously wrote about similar themes.
An illusion is a hallucination, an image that isn’t really there. An allusion is a reference or citation, especially to/from another text. Also, there is a split infinitive; the adverb “tactfully” must be moved elsewhere in the sentence so the verb “to reference” is kept together.
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Floridians often have to secure and fortify their homes in anticipation of an eminent costal hurricane.
Eminent means famous or well known, while imminent means threatening or looming. These two words sound identical in speech, but only imminent can describe a hurricane (unless it is a specific and famous hurricane in history, such as Hurricane Sandy).
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During the political debate, it was quite obvious whom the speaker’s insult was directed at.
In a grammatical sense, the person being insulted acts as an object, so we should use “whom” to describe him/her. Also, sentences should not be ended with prepositions, so the word “at” should be placed earlier on in the sentence.
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Many soldiers have undertaken specialized education, which both helps them with current combat tasks and future endeavors.
The placement of "both" in this sentence makes the underlined phrase confusing and awkward. By placing the word "both" nearer to the two things it joins together, "current combat tasks and future endeavors," makes the meaning of the sentence much more clear. The only answer choice which correctly makes this change is "which helps them with both current combat tasks and future endeavors."
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Citing an obscure point of law, the firm’s general council insisted his client had every right to continue with the buyout, and that any challenge to the plan would be unsuccessful.
The word "council" in this sentence is incorrect. A lawyer, which is clearly what is being described in this sentence, would be a firm's "counsel," which is the term for an organization's legal advisor. "Citing an obscure point of law, the firm’s general counsel" is the only answer choice to use the right word, making it the correct answer.
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The abrupt resignation of the CEO was not very surprising to those close to him, who knew that he would always put his family first.
The sentence is not technically gramatically correct as it is written, but it is awkwardly worded and unnecessarily long. The sentence is best served by being shortened to a more direct statement that conveys the same meaning. The answer choice that best does this kind of streamlining is "who knew he would always puthis family first."
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She is as yet regarded as being the best pirate on the seven seas.
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"As yet" or "as of yet" can almost always be replaced by "yet." The only exception is when it comes at the beginning of the sentence, where it means the same thing as "so far." "Regarded as being" is a common grammar mistake. It should instead be "regarded as."
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If you enter the contest, you could win a sneak peak at the fall fashion line.
In conventional usage, people take a peek “at” something, not “to” or “in” it. The word “peak” refers to a mountaintop; “peek” is the synonym for a glance or look.
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