Copy Editing Test
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Questions and Answers
- 1.He ordered ___________ worth of cookies from Corner Bakery.
- A.
A hundred dollars
- B.
$100
- C.
One hundred dollars
- 2.He was __________ attempted murder.
- A.
Charged with
- B.
Charged with allegedly
- 3.
- A.
Wiggle
- B.
Wrangle
- C.
Wangle
- 4.Kuwait ordered 16 new ____________.
- A.
747s
- B.
747's
- C.
74'7s
- 5.The $1 million donation from the industrialist did not ______ my vote against the "Clean Air Act."
- A.
Effect
- B.
Affect
- 6.Joe and Pete are going to have an early-morning surf session that _______ going to remember for years.
- A.
Their
- B.
There
- C.
They're
- 7.
- A.
Its
- B.
It's
- 8.She hasn't ____________ a hand on him since Tuesday.
- A.
Laid
- B.
Lay
- C.
Lain
- 9.
- A.
Have
- B.
Has
- 10.The kicking game, as well as the running game, _________________________.
- A.
Are entirely different matters
- B.
is an entirely different matter
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