Directions: Examine the Following Paragraph and Identify the Errors in the Underlined

question 68

Multiple Choice

Directions: Examine the following paragraph and identify the errors in the underlined parts of each sentence.
¹ Expression of anger vary around the world. ²Suppose a child has just completed its detailed drawing. ³When a classmate spills a drink, ruining the drawing. ⁴Most American children would respond with anger. ⁵In contrast, children growing up in east asian countries that practice buddhism (e. g ., Mongolia, Thailand, and nepal) rarely respond with anger because this goes against the Buddhist tenet to extend loving kindness to all people . ⁶Instead, they probably remained quiet and experience shame that they had left the drawing in a vulnerable position. ⁷Thus, culture can influences when and how much children express emotion. ⁸Of course, expressing emotion is only part of the developmental story. ⁹Children must also learn to recognize other's emotions.
-Kail and Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View , pp. 183-184​
Sentence 8​

• A) ​is correct.
• B) ​has a pronoun-antecedent agreement problem.
• C) ​has a verb tense problem.
• D) ​is a sentence fragment.

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