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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.

Every day, millions of tiny stony bits falling quietly into the atmosphere, burning briefly as meteors, and leaving behind a vaporized residue that filters slowly to Earth.No error

(A) falling
(B) as
(C) behind
(D) slowly
(E) No error

答案和解析

答案：A

解析：

The error in this sentence occurs at (A), where an inappropriate verb form makes the sentence a fragment. The verb "fall" should be used in place of "falling."