Grammar test what is wrong with these sentences ?

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  John Doe

  See if you can find the problems ? There is only one problem in each sentence.

  1: Johnson (1) has (2) no equal as a salesman; his commissions are (3) larger than those made by almost any other (4) salesman.

  2: (1) If people (2) had helped solved the energy crisis,(3) it might (4) of have been a lesson to humanity.

  3: The student (1) thought that (2) the lecturer had (3) referred (4) to The Communist Manifesto.

  "The Communist Manifesto" should be underlined.

  4: He (1) has always been negligent (2) about his health, and he (3) is feeling the (4) effects of his carelessness.

  I see nothing wrong with sentence 1 or sentence 4. There are many stylistic improvements that could be made, but everything appears grammatical.
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  John Doe

  I take back what I said about not seeing a problem with sentence 1. The term "salesman" has been classified in recent years as sexist and is now considered to be ungrammatical. The term "salesperson" or some other gender neutral term should be used.
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  DazedAndConfused

  1: Johnson (1) has (2) no equal as a salesman; his commissions are (3) larger than those made by almost any other (4) salesman. (salesmen)

  2: (1) If people (2) had helped solved the energy crisis,(3) it might (4) of(have) been a lesson to humanity.

  3: The student (1) thought that (2) the lecturer had (3) referred (4) to The Communist Manifesto.

  4: He (1) has always been negligent (2) about his health, and (now) he (3) is feeling the (4) effects of his carelessness.
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  5go

  Ok, I do not feel bad anymore. I believe the test is wrong. Few of you have come up with the answers it gave.
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  5go

  4: He (1) has always been negligent (2) about his health, and he (3) is feeling the (4) effects effect of his carelessness.

  Stylistically it would also be better to replace "and" with "so," to better causally link the present progressive state to the habitual of the first clause.

  This is exactly how I answered. It is wrong though acording to the test.
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  5go

  To give you a feel of what the was like here is the format.

  	Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select number 5. Johnson (1) has (2) no equal as a salesman; his commissions are (3) larger than those made by almost any other (4) salesman.
  1	has
  2	no
  3	larger than
  4	salesman
  5	no error Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select number 5. (1) If people (2) had helped solved the energy crisis,(3) it might (4) of been a lesson to humanity. 1 If 2 had helped 3 it 4 of 5 no error Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select number 5. The student (1) thought that (2) the lecturer had (3) referred (4) to The Communist Manifesto. 1 thought 2 the lecturer 3 referred 4 to 5 no error Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select number 5. He (1) has always been negligent (2) about his health, and he (3) is feeling the (4) effects of his carelessness. 1 has always been 2 about 3 is feeling 4 effects 5 no error
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  Leolaia

  Where was this published in? The second sentence has two big errors. Very sloppy work on the part of the publishers.
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  5go

  Then I am only wrong because you and the textbook (?) authors say so. No reason = no credibility

  INQ

  Yes, the views of the test do not reflect mine.
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  snowbird

  I don't know how to do the strike-thru's and highlights, so I'll type the sentences as they should be written.

  1. Johnson has no equal as a salesman; his commissions are larger than those made by any other.

  2. If more people had helped solve the energy crisis, it might have been a lesson to humanity.

  3. The student thought the lecturer referred to the Communist Manifesto.

  4. He has always been negligent of his health and is now feeling the effects of his carelessness.
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  5go

  Where was this published in? The second sentence has two big errors. Very sloppy work on the part of the publishers

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