Chaptern IUsingParanelStructuresandFixingSentenceProblems 193
EditingPractice
Editthefollowingparagraphsforerrorsinparallelstructureandothersentence
problems.Identifytheproblemsentencesandcorrectthem.Rewritetheparagraphs
ona separatesheetofpaper.(Note:Noteverysentencehasa problem.)
TheUnitedStates:MeltingPotorSaladBowl?
1TheUnitedStatescountsitspopulationevery 10 years,andeachcensus!
revealsthattheracialandethnicmixis changingdramatically,sobytheyear
2050,the"average"personintheUnitedStateswillnotbedescendedfrom^2
Europeans,butthemajorityofU.S.residentswilltracetheirancestry3toAfrica,
Asia,theHispanicworld,thePacificIslands,ortheMiddleEast. 20 ncethe
UnitedStateswasa microcosm^4 ofEuropeannationalities,todaytheUnited
Statesis a microcosmoftheworld.3TheUnitedStatesisnolonger considered
a "meltingpot"societybymanyofitsresidents.4lnstead,manypeoplepreferthe
term"saladbowl."5TheyusethistermtodescribeU.S.society.6U.S.societywill
soonbepredominantlynonwhite.7"Meltingpot"impliesthatthedifferentethnic
groupsblendtogetherintoonehomogeneousmixture,"saladbowl"impliesthat
nationalities,liketheingredientsina mixedgreensalad,retaintheircultural
identities.
8EarliergenerationsofimmigrantsbelievedthattheyhadtolearnEnglish
quicklynotonlytosurvivebutalsoforsuccess.9Now,manyimmigrantgroups
donotfeelthesameneed.10BecausetherearemanyplacesintheUnitedStates
whereyoucanwork,shop,getmedicalcare,marry,divorce,anddiewithout
knowingEnglish.11Forexample,Chinatownin SanFranciscoandNewYork.
12Also,LosAngeleshasmanyVietnameseimmigrantsandimmigrantsfrom
Mexico.131naddition,manyimmigrantgroupswanttheirchildrentoknowtheir
ownculture.14ManyHispanics,forinstance,wanttheirchildrentolearnboth
EnglishandstudytheSpanishlanguageinschool.15Theyarefightingforthe
righttobilingualeducationinmanycommunities.161nmanycommunitiesthey
arein themajority.
lcensus:populationcount
2bedescendedfrom:bethechildren,grandchildren,etc.,of
3ancestry:a person'sorigins
4microcosm:smallcommunityrepresentinga largeone
