III. Error Correction: (20 points)
Each of the following sentences contains an error. Your task is to identify that error and correct it. Write both the label letter and the correction in the answer booklet.
51. The railroad was not the first institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention on the importance
A B C
of precise timekeeping.
D
52. Were it not for public acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearable chaotic: the
A B
massive daily transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts.
C D
53. Social critics and the general public in the United States have blamed television on every social ill from
A B C
declining academic performance to juvenile delinquency.
D
54. The suspension bridge, with its roadway held up by chains or cables fastened to large towers, was first
A B
patented in the U.S. in 1796. By 1810 about 50 such bridges were built.
C D
55. Though Roebling was the most prominent bridge builder in the U.S., thousands of other bridges were built in
A B C
many different forms and styles through the country during the nineteenth century.
D
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