Questions: Please use the following information to answer questions 1-34. Instructions: The following sentences contain either a single error in grammar, usage, punctuation, or word choice, or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. It is permissible to change, add, or delete words or punctuation when correcting the error. Assume that all other elements of the sentence are correct and cannot be changed. When the punctuation is in question, the underlining may extend beneath a space. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English. - If there is an error, select the letter of the underlined part that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct. - If there is no error, mark the final answer space, E. The time drags on and on, and the bus never arrives, nobody, however, thinks to check the new bus schedule. No error

Please use the following information to answer questions 1-34.
Instructions: The following sentences contain either a single error in grammar, usage, punctuation, or word choice, or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. It is permissible to change, add, or delete words or punctuation when correcting the error. Assume that all other elements of the sentence are correct and cannot be changed. When the punctuation is in question, the underlining may extend beneath a space. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
- If there is an error, select the letter of the underlined part that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct.
- If there is no error, mark the final answer space, E.

The time drags on and on, and the bus never arrives, nobody, however, thinks to check the new bus schedule. No error

Transcript text: Please use the following information to answer questions 1-34. Instructions: The following sentences contain either a single error in grammar, usage, punctuation, or word choice, or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. It is permissible to change, add, or delete words or punctuation when correcting the error. Assume that all other elements of the sentence are correct and cannot be changed. When the punctuation is in question, the underlining may extend beneath a space. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English. - If there is an error, select the letter of the underlined part that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct. - If there is no error, mark the final answer space, E. The time drags on and on, and the bus never arrives, nobody, however, thinks to check the new bus schedule. No error

Solution

The answer is C

Explanation

Option A: "The time drags on and on,"

This part of the sentence is grammatically correct. It sets the scene by describing the passage of time.

Option B: "and the bus never arrives,"

This part is also correct. It continues the narrative by stating that the bus has not arrived.

Option C: "nobody, however, thinks to check the new bus schedule."

The error here is a comma splice. The sentence incorrectly uses a comma to join two independent clauses. A semicolon or a period should be used instead of the comma after "arrives."

Option D: "No error,"

This option is incorrect because there is an error in the sentence.

Option E: "E"

This option is incorrect because there is an error in the sentence.

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