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22. The correct answer is (A). The original is correct as written. The changes suggested by the other
choices distort the meaning of the original or result in sentences that are very awkward.
23. The correct answer is (E). The phrase as to is low-level usage and is not acceptable in standard
written English. What is required is a noun clause: The supporters were assured that something is the
case. (B) fails to make this correction. (C) and (D) make the needed correction but introduce new
errors. (C) is wrong because the parenthetical expression is unnecessary and disrupts the logical flow
of the sentence. (D) is wrong because in regards is no better than as to.

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24. The correct answer is (E). The underlined part of the sentence is an attempt to use a verb form as an
adjective to modify the subject of the sentence, that is, to tell us something about the entrepreneur.
The original is incorrect for two reasons. First, the use of the passive form having been made cuts off
the introductory phrase from the rest of the sentence. Having been made refers to dollars and before
his twenty-fifth birthday modifies having been made. Thus, no element in the underlined part refers to
entrepreneur. Notice how (E) corrects this problem. Having made prompts the question “Who made
it?” And that is answered by “the entrepreneur,” so having made modifies entrepreneur. Additionally,
the order of the elements in the original is awkward, as you can see by comparing the original to (E).
(B) fails to correct either error. The introductory material is still cut off from the rest of the sentence
and is, in any event, very awkward. (C) and (D) make similar errors by using the word when. Both
imply that the events “making a million dollars” and “deciding to write a book” occurred at the same
time. But the sentence intends to say that the making of the money came before the decision to write
the book.