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UK English Oxford Style Editing Skills MCQs

Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.
If you can learn to control your anger just a touch more, you ought to find that people react to you more positively.

Edit both modal verbs to correct usage and tense errors.

Change all verbs to future tense.

Change the first modal verb to 'could', but leave the second modal verb as is.

Recast the sentence to eliminate all adverbs.

This sentence is correct; the editor should take no action.

Answer

Correct Answer:

Edit both modal verbs to correct usage and tense errors.

Explanation:

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