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Standard English Conventions practice question

To renew a passport by post, ____

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. an applicant must send the old passport along with the completed form.Correct
  2. B. the old passport must be sent along with the completed form.
  3. C. sending the old passport with the completed form is required.
  4. D. the completed form must include the old passport.

Answer: A. an applicant must send the old passport along with the completed form.

The one renewing the passport is the applicant, so the applicant must be the subject after the opener.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the old passport must be sent along with the completed form.
Makes the old passport the one renewing.
C. sending the old passport with the completed form is required.
Makes 'sending' the one renewing.
D. the completed form must include the old passport.
Makes the form the one renewing.

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