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Cheryl led the fundraisers that allowed the theater to be renovated, but she did not brag about her good deed. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? A. Remove the comma (,). B. Add a comma (,) after fundraisers. C. Change led to lead. D. Make no change. Airlines Going Green

(1) The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the passed six years. (2) These new technologies, developed under the direction of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project, could cut airline fuel use in half pollution by 75 percent, and noise to nearly one-eighth of today’s levels. (3) “If these technologies start finding their way into the airline fleet, our computer models show the economic impact could amount to $255 billion in operational savings between 2025 and 2050,” said Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s asociate administrator for aeronautics research.

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What correction, if any, should be made to sentence 1?
A.
Make no change.
B.
Change dollars to dollar's.
C.
Change passed to past.
D.
Change billion to billions.

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#1) D, no change.

#2) C. Change passed to past.

The word "past" is used to talk about time that has already happened, whereas "passed" is used as a past participle of the verb "pass" and it does not fit the context. Therefore, it should be corrected to "past".

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