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1. The following passages of a short story of the CAPITALIZED sections may include the following kinds of errors:

* lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement

* punctuation errors

* correctly written sentences that should be combined

* misplaced modifiers For each CAPITALIZED section, choose the revision that most improves the writing

(5)SO THERE I STOOD ASKING FOR TWO RAKES IN FRONT OF THE COUNTER. Just my luck, takes were on sale.

5. A. So asking for two rakes there, I stood in front of the counter.

B. So there I stood, in front of the counter, asking for two rakes.

c. So I asked for two rakes in front of the counter, and there I stood.

D. Correct as is

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D. Correct as is

Note, use of a personal pronoun in this sentence is incorrect..... but they didn't have that as an option.