Choose the main grammatical or stylistic error that you find in the sentence in parentheses. You will choose one mistake. Learning to play an instrument can be rewarding and life-altering. The joys a pianist receives when they accompany a choir of singers can make her years of practice and lessons all worthwhile. Playing the flute in a marching band will always and forever make the flutist feel like she is a small but important part of a fun parade or really, really memorable sports event. Colleges pursue excellent musicians and they offer a compelling scholarship if the student commits to performing in the college’s marching band or symphony orchestra. Colleges need to lower tuition costs. These scholarships can give students the opportunity to affordably attend a college and open the door for a great future.

"Success should be expected by diligent and focused musicians; that’s the truth of the matter!"

Group of answer choices

A) Subject-verb agreement error

B) Pronoun-antecedent agreement error

C) Run-on

D) Comma splice

E) Fragment

F) Wordiness

G) Passive voice

H) Sentence that doesn’t fit in the paragraph

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.

maby a teacher

i just dont know what you have it is not showing up on the screen