Weird Writing Questions

Test Preparation
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<p>Like her husband, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner was an Abstract Expressionist artist, and [her and Pollock influenced] each other's work. </p>

<p>b) she and Pollock influenced
d) the two of them both influenced</p>

<p>I chose D, sounded smoother.</p>

<p>The swiftest animal on Earth, the cheetah can reach a top speed of about 70 miles [per hour, it can] maintain that speed for no more than 300 yards. </p>

<p>b) hour but can
e) hour, however, it can </p>

<p>Chose E, I thought you needed a comma before a FANBOY ex. hour, but can</p>

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<li><p>“Sounded smoother” isn’t a grammatical principle. Redundancy, on the other hand, is, and “the two of them” and “both” are redundant. </p></li>
<li><p>You need a comma before FANBOYS when the thing after the FANBOYS is an independent clause. In this case, the clause after “but” is actually just a verb phrase–it lacks a subject.</p></li>
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