Identify the word or phrase that needs to be changed for the sentence to be correct.In Maxwell's days, no instruments had been made which could register the greatly enormously long waves of electricity.
Correct answer: C. Greatly
- A. No
- B. Could
- C. Greatly
- D. Wrong
Explanation
The key to solving these questions is reading them in your head and deciphering which part sounds odd. It could have been "greatly enormous" long waves. But if enormous also ends with a -ly then it should be great instead.
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