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The passage discusses the famous line "To be, or not to be..." from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It notes that the line has been a source of mystery and wonderment for students around the world. While ubiquitous, the meaning and origin of the phrase is not entirely clear. The passage can answer where the phrase comes from - Hamlet - but understanding its full import would require a deeper look at Shakespearean culture and nuance.

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Advanced Paragraph Correction 1

The passage discusses the famous line "To be, or not to be..." from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It notes that the line has been a source of mystery and wonderment for students around the world. While ubiquitous, the meaning and origin of the phrase is not entirely clear. The passage can answer where the phrase comes from - Hamlet - but understanding its full import would require a deeper look at Shakespearean culture and nuance.

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Advanced Paragraph Correction #1


Directions: Read the passage below. Then answer questions about errors in the passage.
To be, or not to bethat is the 1) question This 2) popular utterance has been the source of both mystery and wonderment for students around the world since the turn of the 16th century - arguably the zenith of Shakespeares creative output. The sheer ubiquity of this phrase belies 3) its rather 4) inexplicable import. Where did it come from? What does it mean? The 5) first of these questions (where does it come from?) can be answered fairly easily: from Shakespeares famous play, Hamlet. 6) As for the last of the two questions, a complete answer would require a more 7) deep 8) look at Shakespearean culture and nuance.

1) A. question? B. question? C. question. D. question. E. question, F. Correct as 2) A. audacious B. colloquial C. trenchant D. ephemeral E. diverse F. vacuous 3) A. it is B. its C. a D. the E. Correct as is 4) A. stentorian B. enigmatic C. banal D. scientific E. patient

5) A. first of these questions B. first interrogative C. first of these questions D. first one E. Correct as is 6) A. As for the former question, B. As for the latter question, C. As for the second one of the two, D. Correct as is 7) A. in depth B. deeper C. extended D. serious 8) A. probe of B. investigation of C. thought about D. talk about

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