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Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample Question #46

Answer: The lowly recruits were marching proudly.

 

Rationale: Here is an example of a sentence with a mistake in both an adjective and an adverb. The adjective (lowly) modifies the noun “recruits.” and it is an adjective even though it ends in “ly.” The adverb in the sentence is “proudly,” which modifies the verb “were marching.”