COMPARE CHOICE ATO CHOICE B, NOTING HOWERROR—PLURAL NUMBERS SUCH AS 20S AND 30S DOCAREFUL EDITING CREATES A CLEAR AND CONCISE SEN-NOT USE AN APOSTROPHE

14. b.Compare choice ato choice b, noting howerror—plural numbers such as 20s and 30s docareful editing creates a clear and concise sen-not use an apostrophe. Choice ecorrects thattence out of a wordy, awkward one. Choices c,error, but exchanges the word expatriate (ad, and edon’t contain any errors in grammar,noun or adjective meaning “voluntarily livingword choice, or punctuation, but they are notas clear and concise as choice b.in another country”) for expatriot(which isnot a word in standard English). Choice bincludes both errors, while choice dintro-duces a new one—and who included is incor-rect. There is no need for a coordinatingconjunction.

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