Using Resources and Reference Materials for Editing

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“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

I made allmostsomenone of the same highlights.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

all

Question 4

The candidates debated as to whether the current policies were appropriate due to the fact that the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended. Replace the needless words with more appropriate choices. The candidates debated the current policies were appropriate the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

whether; because, since

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

⇒ because, since

Revolt · Accepted Answer

because, since

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