Question

    Florida was in the path of (1)/ both storms, with

    Helene also hitting (2)/ North Carolina, South Carolina and (3)/ Georgia, while Milton head for the open Atlantic.(4)/ No error (5) A sentence has been divided into four parts, one of which may contain an error. Identify that fragment and mark it as your answer. Mark (5) if the sentence contains no error.
    A 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The error is in fragment (4): "while Milton head for the open Atlantic." The correct form should be "while Milton headed for the open Atlantic," as it needs to be in the past tense to maintain consistency with the rest of the sentence. The correct sentence would be: "Florida was in the path of both storms, with Helene also hitting North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, while Milton headed for the open Atlantic."

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