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Study the sentences below. Identify which of the underlined sections contains an error.


Much has been made of the (at times, tenuous) [A] relationship between the poet Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson; most famously [B] for Whitman's unauthorized publication of Emerson's letter to the poet in the second edition of Leaves of Grass ,[C] in particular Whitman's choice of printing on the spine Emerson's comment to him: "I greet [D] you at the beginning of a great career." But of the second edition Emerson was not so fond. In particular, three passages that he felt were in poor taste, left [E] him to comment, ". . . Whitman had not used me well in the matter of letters . . .";[F] the two were off-and-on ever since.


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2 Answers

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B

This sentence should not contain a semi colon. It should read:

...relationship between the poet Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The most famous reason was...

This separates the thoughts and allows for the setup (grammatically correct) of the rest of the passage.
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User Boyan Kushlev
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Answer:B and E

Step-by-step explanation:

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