Answer:
√sentence contains errors
Explanation:
The given sentence actually contains errors. A closer look at the sentence, one will discover that the error occurred as a result of an omission of "comma" between "leaving" and "his".
Therefore, the corrected sentence is "Before leaving, his assistant finished typing the memo."
In the corrected sentence, I have inserted the omitted comma. Commas are used after introductory phrases, words and clauses that appear before the main clause.
#2
Explanation:
It states Drying Lightning Storms at the beginning of the paragraph. And the text isn't persuading either.
the answer is:
"I still believed in possibilities then, still had the sense, so peculiar in New York, that something extraordinary would happen any minute, any day, any month."
I am not a 100% sure, give it a try!