Using Resources and Reference Materials for Editing

Question 1

According to Strunk, what is the correct way to punctuate this compound sentence?

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“Tony cooked dinner, and I made the salad, but Mike just ate.”

Question 2

According to Strunk, what is the correct way to place an adverbial clause in this sentence?

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“The dog kept barking at Megumi while she walked to school.”

Question 3

Use Strunk’s advice to make the second half of the sentence parallel.

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“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”

Question 4

I made of the same highlights.

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Question 5

Replace the needless words with more appropriate choices. The candidates debated the current policies were appropriate ⇒ because, since the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.

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Part 1: whether; ⇒ because, since: because, since

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