1.Americans eat (twice as much protein or more as )they actually need every day.
2.This piece of writing is (news report rather than short fiction).
3.(Though terrific acting skills) and well-develpoed plot the three-hour movie could not hold our attention.
4.Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patient (do not take medicine as they are told)
5.I felt (a little bit disappointed and was about to go ),when something occurred which attracted my attention.
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