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Is the sentence correct or does it contain a problem?
- “Cities would be a lot friendlier,” said Jeb, “if they had less people in them.”
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- There looked to be at least nine students stuffed into the Volkswagen Beetle inexplicably parked on the roof of the administration building.
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- Having moved away at 12, Rashida’s hometown no longer seemed familiar.
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- Chuckling contentedly to herself, the baby spattered the opposite wall with applesauce.
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- The bitter critic who writes for our newspaper belittles any movie made in Hollywood and gives fewer glowing reviews than anyone else in the business.
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- The security guard’s walk across the lawn, down to the river and along the bicycle path to the stone archway, took him through most of the property under his care.
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