Circle the letter of the incorrect sentence in each pair (a or b). Although the terms may not be
familiar to you yet, also try to identify the type of error that the sentence contains (c, d, or e).
a) Teachers often encourage us, parents sometimes don't.
b) Teachers often encourage us. Parents sometimes don't.
c) comma splice d) run-on sentence e) fragment
A is incorrect, and the error is c
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- ¿Qué les _______ el postre? - Realmente, muy delicioso.
A. pareció B. parecieron
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An advertising campaign for Armani jeans featuring tennis star Rafael Nadal
a. name-calling b. bandwagon c. cardstacking d. testimonial