Question

fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

in early sixteenth-century europe, many people believed that earth remained stationery while the moon, the sun, the stars, and the planets all revolved around it.

Explanation:

The word "stationery" refers to writing supplies, but the sentence describes Earth as not moving. The correct adjective for "not moving" is "stationary".

Answer:

Replace "stationery" with "stationary". The corrected sentence is: In early sixteenth-century Europe, many people believed that Earth remained stationary while the moon, the sun, the stars, and the planets all revolved around it.