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If y is 45 percent of x and z is 25 percent of x , what is y + z in terms of x ?
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SAT: Sentence Improvement Question #2

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Question: Nomadic tribes herd their goats, sheep, and camels while practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets.



Choices:
A. while practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
B. while to practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
C. which practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
D. while practicing the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
E. that practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets



The original contains an error in verb tense: to describe an on-going action, it uses present rather than present participle. (B) substitutes the infinitive, which also is incorrect since the sentence requires a participle here. (C) and (E) insert a pronoun between the subject and its verb, incorrectly implying that the animals practice the art.
 
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