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Question:
The reasons for keeping this tradition alive include an awareness of your roots and pride in your heritage.
Answer:
The answer Wrong is correct.
Explanation:
The reasons include an awareness of whose roots and a pride in whose heritage? The writer here is assuming that only a certain group of people (Frederictonians whose cultural heritage includes line dancing) will be reading the sentence. It would be better to rewrite the sentence as follows:
[RIGHT] Frederictonians keep this tradition alive to help them remember their roots and take pride in their heritage.
 
 

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