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These are the clues we sprinkle in our writing to guide the reader about our intended inflection.
What is punctuation?
100
How might you fix this: Her many titles include, Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Athlete, and Most Likely to Put an Opponent in the Hospital.
What is Drop the comma after INCLUDE: Her many titles include Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Athlete, and Most Likely to Put an Opponent in the Hospital.
100
How might you tidy this up: She is Dodee Jones, a Professor at a College here in town.
What is Small-case the professor and college: She is Dodee Jones, a professor at a college here in town.
100
"The bus on two tires around the corner." Is an example of what type of error.
Who is Angela?
100
This is the final score of the most lopsided football game in American college history.
What is 222-0?
200
How I might fix this sentence: My favorite rugby players are Trent, Deirdre, Darius and Tomika.
What is Add a comma after Darius: My favorite rugby players are Trent, Deirdre, Darius, and Tomika.
200
How might you fix this passage: Starr shouted, "And you can quote me"!
What is move the exclamation point inside: Starr shouted, "And you can quote me!"
200
What might you suggest about this passage: "She was late for the party because she was having her hair died."
What is fix died: "She was late for the party because she was having her hair dyed."
200
This student is the seventh of eight children.
Who is Kenneth?
200
This is how you could repair this sentence: He always seems to know what to do, he's got his feet on the ground.
What is put a period or semicolon after DO in place of the comma.
300
How I might fix this passage: The school, located in Baltimore is considered a prime place to get educated.
What is Add a comma after Baltimore: The school, located in Baltimore, is considered a prime place to get educated.
300
This gentleman is the to go-to man for information on things to do in Portugal.
Who is Kenneth?
300
What two errors appear? : I can tolerate anything accept dishonesty, so make sure not to allude the truth when you answer me.
What is fix accept and allude? I can tolerate anything except dishonesty, so make sure not to elude the truth when you answer me.
300
This language has over a million words!
What is English?
300
Here are two ways to make this sentence more concise: "He is essentially the same person. He is the same as when he was in high school."
What is drop "essentially" and combine the two sentences.
400
Your recommendation about this passage: Runners in the Boston Marathon, who finish in the top five, usually train full-time.
What is Strike the Commas: Runners in the Boston Marathon who finish in the top five usually train full-time.
400
How might you clarify this statement: Jeremy calls himself a one woman man.
What is Hyphenate the adjectives: Jeremy calls himself a one-woman man.
400
This student will tell you one of his favorite activities is helping others.
Who is Dwayne??
400
During my writing review, if I see an adverb, I may want to do this.
What is try to think of a single word that replaces the adverb and its accompanying verb.
400
A method you might use to improve this passage: "The twenty gear green and white bike somehow came loose from its rack and flew into oncoming traffic."
What is "The twenty-gear green and white bike somehow came loose from its rack and flew into oncoming traffic."
500
This is erroneous in the following punctuation: Ben Franklin once said "Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security."
What is Introduce the quote with a comma: Ben Franklin once said, "Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security."
500
These are the three punctuation choices to set off a non-essential clause.
What are commas, dashes, and parentheses?
500
"If you saw the sunset that night, you would have been deeply moved it was powerful," is an example of this type of punctuation error.
What is a run-on sentence?
500
This is how we commonly refer to a group of people who share a common interest, profession, or culture, and have a collection of jargon which has special meaning for them.
What is Tribe or Discourse Community?
500
This is an example of what to do when composing an email subject.
What is be specific and compelling?
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