Thursday, February 18, 2010

Edited Extra Credito

Grammatically wrong:
1. Defeated in the house, the Senate now gets to debate the bill.
- Defeated in the House, the bill now has to be debated within the Senate.

Stylistically wrong:
2. The 19-year-old boy got a ticket for jay-walking at 9 p.m. last night.
- The 19-year-old man got a ticket for jaywalking last night.

See if you can catch what's wrong:
3. Meredith ran away from home, she was so angry that night.
- Meredith ran away from home; she was so angry that night.


6. The students said they would "skip class" if Britney made them do more exercises that had to do with grammar punctuation spelling or style.
- The students said they would skip class if Brittney made them do more exercises that had to do with grammar, punctuation, spelling or style.

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