English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide
190 English Grammar Demystifi ed As you read earlier, you may have a reason to use nonactive or passive verbs on occasion. If, h ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^191 Written Practice 9-2 Rewrite each of the following sentences, using active verbs. The price of ...
192 English Grammar Demystifi ed in sentences: Start with what your reader already knows, and then add the new information. Each ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^193 The need for better art supplies in the middle school exists. We have stopped using that truck ...
194 English Grammar Demystifi ed Smothered verbs appear in many other ways. Hundreds of other expressions exist that use do,reac ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^195 Your father holds the opinion that you shouldn’t drive unless your grades improve. (Note: Find ...
196 English Grammar Demystifi ed Muddled: Bob told the service representative his phone was not working. Whose phone was not wor ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^197 My daughter wrote a report and studied for a spelling test. It was a long one. The chart at the ...
198 English Grammar Demystifi ed I went to see my father and my grandfather, who told me his latest health problem. White and S ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^199 Clearer: I wrote on the provided lines my evaluation of the new product. Clearer: Using the prov ...
200 English Grammar Demystifi ed Deleting Unnecessary Words How many times have you heard or read this classic example of repeti ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^201 In addition, vagueness in writing persists because we insist on overqualifying terms. If somethi ...
202 English Grammar Demystifi ed Did you realize that using the word then could substitute for any of the expressions? Wordy: In ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^203 Mickey thought the staging of that play was quite imaginative. At this point in time, we need t ...
204 English Grammar Demystifi ed Before you offer your opinion, at least get the true facts. We’re looking for a new retail fac ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^205 Written Practice 9-14 In each of the following sentences, fi nd misplaced words and descriptive ...
206 English Grammar Demystifi ed Written Practice 9-15 Read the following paragraph. Look for and correct unnecessary words, ill ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^207 Changing the clause, and it’s more fl exible, to a one-word adjective, fl e x i b l e, restores ...
208 English Grammar Demystifi ed There are meals in the morning and noon. The way it is written, this sentence actually says tha ...
CHAPTER 9 Style and Clarity^209 be committed to be composed of be concerned about be connected to be content with be convinced o ...
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