Error Detection Drill #13

1) Experts in marine life say that (A) there is a closer relationship between barracudas (B) with man-eating sharks (C) than (D) had been previously thought.(E) No error.

2) The threat (A) to suspend students (B) caught using cell phones during class without permission seems (C) like an overreaction to the problem (D) because the principal is ordinarily sensitive and level-headed. (E) No error.

3) Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov stand (A) side by side as two of America’s greatest science fiction writers, but the latter, (B) having written more (C) than 500 books, is by far the (D) most prolific. (E) No error.

4) (A) Reflecting on the size of our national debt, one might (B) well ask (C) yourself how the most powerful nation on Earth (D) could have gotten itself into such a mess. (E) No error.

5) The achievements as well as the failures of the space program (A) has been (B) a matter of contention (C) as many years as many interest groups compete (D) for a share of the federal budget. (E) No error.

6) (A) Being lost in the mountains of Colorado for two days (B) as a boy, Dave is (C) always careful to take a detailed map with him (D) when he sets out for a backpacking adventure in the wilderness. (E) No error.

7) Many students (A) who successfully use computers (B) in the bettering of vocabulary for the SATs (C) find that a computer (D) provides limited help in the improvement of writing skills. (E) No error.

8) The FBI agents chose (A) not to arrest the suspect (B) in the bank that afternoon, (C) but instead arrested him at the airport before he (D) is boarding a flight to Atlanta. (E) No error.

9) (A) Although it appears cold and forbidding on (B) its surface, the Caspian Sea, the (C) greatest of all inland seas, teems with aquatic life (D) in its depths. (E) No error.

10) The names Leno and Letterman (A) may be alphabetically close together, (B) but Leno is (C) the funnier comedian and Letterman (D) the quickest. (E) No error.

11) The in-class activity (A) consisted of forming (B) into groups, discussing the questions about the book, and to (C) give a presentation (D) in front of the class. (E) No error.