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Writing> Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Except for the phonograph, the performances of great musicians and the voices of famous people would have been lost to history. No error

(A)Except for

(B)of great musicians

(C)would have been

(D)to history

(E)No error

答案和解析

答案：A

解析：

The error in this sentence occurs at (A), where there is inappropriate word choice. In this context, "Except for" doesn't make sense. Instead, "Without" is needed.