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Can we Just Agree...
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The sentence "He was kissed unexpectedly by the Prom Queen" would be more powerful using this kind of voice.
What is active voice? (The Prom Queen unexpectedly kissed him.)
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Correcting a written work for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, agreement, and word usage.
What is proofreading?
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"Anitria got a perfect score, she's so smart!" is a great example of this kind of error.
What is a comma splice?
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The MS Word feature to use when editing a collaborative document (more than one author)
What is Track Changes?
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How might you edit this sentence? Tom decided to ask Mary to the dance. She says yes, and they're happy ever since.
What is Tom decides to ask Mary to the dance. She says yes, and they're happy ever since. Tom decided to ask Mary to the dance. She said yes, and they've been happy ever since.
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In the sentence, "Driving her new, turbo-charged sports car, Jewell went quickly to the store," how could this sentence be improved?
What is use a descriptive (power) verb? Lose the adverb?
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In the sentence "George isn't working today," we call George this part of speech.
What is a noun (or subject)?
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in the sentence, "Lynette has really stayed in shape she apparently goes to the gym almost every day." is a good example of this kind of error.
What is a run-on sentence?
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This is the most interesting place Chrystal has been.
What is Belize?
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How might you edit this sentence: You must constantly be alert for danger, so I carry a whistle with me on the trail.
What is: You must constantly be alert for danger, so carry a whistle on the trail. or I must constantly be alert for danger, so I carry a whistle on the trail.
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A way this might be reworded: Mike likes Ginger because she surfs, swims like an otter, and enjoying his friends.
What is Mike likes Lelia because she surfs, swims like an otter, and enjoys his friends.
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We call the letters a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y this.
What are vowels?
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"A metro bus with no one driving, and full of screaming passengers!" is a good example of this kind of grammatical error.
What is a sentence fragment?
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Meghan enjoys this activity the most.
What is running?
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How might you reword... He, like many others on those teams, come to play their hearts out.
What is: He, like many others on those teams, comes to play his heart out.
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How might these sentences be reworded? Francine works in the mail room. The mail room is where a lot of new people get their start.
What is Francine works in the mail room, where a lot of new people get their start.
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In the sentence, "C.J is fond of Nova Scotia," we call OF this part of speech.
What is a preposition?
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A way one might say this more concisely: With regard to your recent application, at the present time, we at the Social Security Administration are not hiring due to the fact that in an effort to minimize budget overages, we are freezing growth.
What is "Regarding your recent application, currently we are not hiring since to minimize budget overages we are freezing growth."
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This geek said this was the most interesting place he'd ever been.
What is British Virgin Islands?
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How might you reword: The mechanic is working on the new porsche with the grimy overalls and pencil moustache.
What is: The mechanic with the grimy overalls and pencil moustache is working on the new porsche .
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How might you pump this passage up? Ideas may come from a lot of sources, in response to many different situations and scenarios. Some will take fruit and blossom. Others will wither for lack of timeliness or incentive. In this vein, I propose that work-at-home be considered on a one day per- week basis because...
What is: I propose that work-at-home be considered on a one day per-week basis because...
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In the sentence, "Daryl rounds first base, headed for second," we call ROUNDS this part of a speech.
What is a verb?
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In the list: * to ensure compliance, * to guarantee conformity, and * promoting standardization. What grammatical principle is violated?
What is parallelism (consistency)?
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This formatting technique is a great way to show a lot of information briefly.
What is bulletizing?
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How might you fix this sentence: Joe Flacco starts this season for the Ravens, they're going to be very competitive.
What is: Joe Flacco started this season for the Ravens. He and the team are going to be very competitive.