Read the paragraph.(1) Owning a pet is popular in the United States. (2) For example, an estimated 83 million people own dogs and about 95 million own cats. (3) However, only about twenty percent of people choose to adopt their pet from a shelter. (4) Specifically, that’s about 3–4 million cats and dogs who are adopted each year from shelters. (5) Finally, 6–8 million enter shelters.
Answer
A
Revise “for example” at the beginning of Sentence 2.
B
Revise “however” at the beginning of Sentence 3.
C
Revise “specifically” at the beginning of Sentence 4.
D
Revise “finally” at the beginning of Sentence 5.
Explanation
“Finally” usually signals the last step in a sequence or the final item in an organized list. The paragraph does not present a sequence; Sentence 5 adds another statistic about shelters. Revise “finally” to a transition such as “In addition” to show that the sentence adds information.
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