Standard English Conventions

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Mar 17, 2024

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In 1937, Chinese American screen actor Anna May Wong, who had portrayed numerous villains and secondary characters but never a heroine, finally got a starring role in Paramount Pictures' Daughter of Shanghai, a film that ________ "expanded the range of possibilities for Asian images on screen." Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Hard

critic, Stina Chyn, claims

critic, Stina Chyn, claims,

critic Stina Chyn claims

critic Stina Chyn, claims,

If you try on one of artist Nick Cave’s signature Soundsuits, you can expect to swish, rustle, or clang every time you move. Cave makes his suits out of found objects, everything from ceramic birds to broken record players. He carefully considers the sound an object makes before using ________ in a suit. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Easy

this

that

these

it

In 1899, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius developed an equation to answer a long-standing question: why do chemical reactions speed up at higher temperatures? The Arrhenius equation, named for its creator, ________ an important concept in modern chemistry. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Easy

have remained

remain

remains

are remaining