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Read this sentence: "Organisms do not lose its drive for these things." Which revision corrects it?Read the answer and worked solution →Read this sentence: "There is several important points that you should know if you plan to implement time-out." Which revision corrects it?Read the answer and worked solution →Read this sentence: "Pavlov would sound a tone and then gave the dogs the meat powder." Which revision corrects it?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Read this sentence: "Organisms do not lose its drive for these things." Which revision corrects it?

  1. Change "lose" to "loses"
  2. Change "do" to "does"
  3. Change "things" to "thing"
  4. Change "its" to "their"
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Correct answer: D. Change "its" to "their"

1. The pronoun points back to "organisms," which is plural. 2. A plural owner needs the plural "their," not the singular "its." 3. So the fix is changing "its" to "their," option D. 4. "Do" and "lose" already agree with the plural subject, so the other changes would introduce new errors. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", section 6.3 Operant Conditioning_

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Read this sentence: "There is several important points that you should know if you plan to implement time-out." Which revision corrects it?

  1. Change "points" to "point"
  2. Change "know" to "knows"
  3. Change "plan" to "plans"
  4. Change "is" to "are"
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Correct answer: D. Change "is" to "are"

1. In a sentence that opens with "there," the real subject comes after the verb: "several important points." 2. "Points" is plural, so the verb must be "are," not "is." 3. Changing "is" to "are" makes the subject and verb agree, option D. 4. "Know" and "plan" already agree with "you," so changing them creates new mistakes. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", section 6.3 Operant Conditioning_

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Read this sentence: "Pavlov would sound a tone and then gave the dogs the meat powder." Which revision corrects it?

  1. Change "a tone" to "the tones"
  2. Change "gave" to "give"
  3. Change "dogs" to "dog's"
  4. Change "meat" to "meats"
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Correct answer: B. Change "gave" to "give"

1. The helper "would" reaches across the "and": Pavlov would sound a tone and then would give the powder. 2. After a helper like "would," the verb must stay in its base form: "give," never "gave." 3. "Gave" breaks out of the shared helper, so changing it back to "give" repairs the sentence, option B. 4. Option A only swaps one noun phrase for another and leaves the broken verb untouched. 5. Option C turns a plain plural into a possessive nobody needs, adding an error instead of removing one. 6. Option D changes "meat" to a plural and does nothing about the verbs. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Learning", section 6.2 Classical Conditioning_

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