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The question asks which edit should be made to correct the sentence.  \nA. Incorrect. This edit incorrectly deletes the comma that is necessary to set off the year in a date from the remainder of the sentence.  \nB. Incorrect. This edit introduces an unnecessary comma into the sentence by needlessly separating the adjective phrase “Boston University student” from the noun it modifies,“Zach Prescott.”  \nC. Incorrect. This edit would delete the comma needed to separate the participle phrase“breaking the 32-year-old world record in joggling” and its companion appositive “a sport that combines jogging and juggling” from the rest of the sentence. This complete element is nonessential, which means it requires separation from the rest of the sentence with a comma because its removal would not fundamentally change the meaning of the sentence.  \nD. CORRECT. The appositive “a sport that combines jogging and juggling” further describes the word “joggling.” An appositive requires separation with a comma because it is nonessential, meaning that its removal would not change the overall meaning of the sentence.  \n2. The question asks how the paragraph should be revised.  \nE. Incorrect. The revisions in this option introduce new errors. The word “spent” is correct in the simple past tense because it encompasses the actions described throughout the rest of the paragraph, all of which happened during those “several hours.” Additionally, adding a comma after the word “play” would be incorrect because it would unnecessarily separate the prepositional phrase “at the community theater” from the rest of the sentence.  \nF. Incorrect. The revisions in this option introduce new errors. The word “did” is correct as written in the past tense because the past tense is used throughout the paragraph. There is no comma needed after the word “projection” because “so” is functioning not as a conjunction but rather as part of the conjunction phrase “so that,” which does not  \ntake a comma.  \nG. CORRECT. Changing the word “studies” from the present tense to the past tense “studied”is necessary to match the past tense established in the paragraph (“spent,” “recited”) . Additionally, the comma after the word “emotions” needs to be removed because the words“emotions and motivations” are part of a group (series) of two elements, and when there are only two elements in a series, a comma is not used.  \nH. Incorrect. The revisions in this option introduce new errors. The word “recited” is correct as written in the past tense because the past tense is used throughout the paragraph. Also, removing the comma after “times” is incorrect because the comma is needed in order to separate the modifying phrase “making slight adjustments and improvements to her performance each time” from the main clause.  \n3. The question asks for the correct revision of the sentence in the box .  \nA. Incorrect. The revisions do not fix the error that “to promote their club” modifies “a bake sale.”  \nB. Incorrect. The revisions do not fix the error that “to promote their club” modifies “a bake sale.”  \nC. CORRECT. The revision is correct because it includes the phrase “to promote their club”clearly modifying “members of the debate team.”  \nD. Incorrect. While the revision clarifies that “to promote their club” relates to the “members of the debate team,” the rest of the sentence is poorly written because the insertion of “on Wednesday to promote their club” in the middle of the sentence interrupts the main clause,“Members of the debate team will sponsor a bake sale.”  \n4. The question asks for the correction of an error in sentence structure in the paragraph.  \nE. CORRECT. The first sentence is a run-on sentence because both clauses—“In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution” and “the museum is already the Smit","cbCail70n2tEf8lE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail70n2tEf8lE","pdf",880460,57,"English","# Revising/Editing Part A\n## Edit needed to correct the sentence\n## How the paragraph should be revised\n## Correct revision of the boxed sentence\n## Correcting an error in sentence structure\n# Revising/Editing Part B\n## Introduce the passage topic (follow-up sentence)","[{\"question\":\"How does the answer key explain comma usage in date and nonessential element edits?\",\"answer\":\"It identifies commas as necessary to set off the year in a date and to separate nonessential elements such as certain appositives. 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