... on the bridge to the captain.
a. We reported the incident on the bridge to the captain.
b. We reported on the bridge the incident to the captain.
c. We reported the bridge on the incident to the ... given to the b
oy.
a. the notes were given the boy.
b. the boy had notes given to him.
c. the boy was given the notes.
d. the notes were taken for the boy.
e....
... that have the same sound, the same spelling, and
different meanings.
Hard Difficult
Hard Opposite of
soft
Chief Main
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Chief ... time.
Exercise 7.2
Directions:
Punctuate the following sentences. Make all answers
only one sentence.
1. The girl the sister the mother and the boyfriend all were i...
... it.
The man wrapped the gift then he hid the bottle in the fireplace next
the man threw out the extra paper finally he discarded the evidence
The gift was wrapped by the man; then, the bottle was ... achieved by the
girls.
4. The baseball team won most of the games they played this year.
Most of the games they played this year were won by the base-
ball team.
5....
... (theirself, himself,
itself, themselves).
9. The owners (theirselves, themselves, them self, them selves)
were angry.
10. I scolded them and suggested they watch (theirselves, them-
selves, they ... (theirself, himself, itself,
themselves).
9. The owners (theirselves,
themselves, them self, them selves) were
angry.
10. I scolded them and suggested they watch (theirselves,
themselves,
th...
... the dog was being walked by the man.
c. the dog had been walked by the man.
d. the man walked the dog.
e. the man had been walking the dog.
The phrase to the left of the comma must describe the ... the papers.
d. we took the papers to the proctor.
e. we had taken the papers to the proctor.
The proctor did not complete the test.
28. W
e cut the grass wi...
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52. The distinguished senator greeted the audience and thanked their
attendance.
a. thanked their attendance.
b. thanked the...
... the indentation, or space, of five letters. The para-
graph below starting with the word
The is indented five
spaces. A space is the size of a letter.
The style of older structures carries the ... facilitates
the reading of the pod, but the writing of the pod is usually time-
consuming for the student. However, on the exam, the points are there
and relatively easy...
... catastrophes. But the
ones who went through it do, and they are usually the ones to
count on in the midst of sorrow. Day after day, these same faces
drop by, bring things, go to the store, and go to the post ... master’s
theses to write the dissertation in order to get the PhD. They rework the
material, adding here and condensing there. The difference between the
two is ab...
... break in the continuity of that IC, whereas if we join
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the IC(s) with a c/c, the new IC is not capitalized In the last ... if
the DC comes before the subject of the IC, set it off; however, if the DC
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Adjective Phrases Realized by Adjectives
I lent encouragement to the blind (students).
IO/adj or adj/adj
I taught a lesson to the stupid (animals)
.
IO/adj ... Prepositions
He delivered the speech to the in-your-face generation.
Prep poss pro = PP = adj
They finalized an under
-the- counter proposition.
Prep det N = PP = adj
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