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All exercises are available in downloadable Microsoft Word document and Adobe .pdf formats.
Exercise 1: Abstract Nouns, Inflated Words, and Redundant Pairs (.doc) (.pdf) Revise sentences and passages to eliminate wordiness and increase clarity.
Exercise 2: Structure, Fragments, Splices, and Run-Ons (.doc) (.pdf) Revise paragraphs by improving sentence structures and correcting fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.
Exercise 3: Sentence Fragments (.doc) (.pdf) Revise the following sentences and passages to correct sentence fragments.
Exercise 4: Comma Splices (.doc) (.pdf) Revise the following sentences and passages to correct comma splices.
Exercise 5: Subject–Verb Agreement (.doc) (.pdf) Revise sentences and passages to correct subject-verb agreement problems.
Exercise 6: Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement and Pronoun Reference (.doc) (.pdf) Revise sentences and passages to correct agreement and pronoun reference problems.
Exercise 7: Dangling Modifiers (.doc) (.pdf) Revise sentences and passages to eliminate dangling modifiers.
Exercise 8: Misplaced Modifiers (.doc) (.pdf) Explain how the placement of the modifiers changes the meaning of sentences; revise sentences to correct misplaced modifiers.
Exercise 9: Parallel Structure (.doc) (.pdf) Revise passages to correct problems with parallel structures.
Exercise 10: Punctuation: Famous Passages (.doc) (.pdf) Revise passages to add appropriate punctuation.
Exercise 11: Parallel Construction, Punctuation (.doc) (.pdf) Revise a package insert.
Exercise 12 (Cumulative): "Word Processing" (.doc) (.pdf) Revise passage for sentence structure, sentence fragments, comma splices, modifier errors, parallel structure, and sentence combining.
Exercise 13 (Cumulative) : "Glue Pot" (.doc) (.pdf) Revise passage for sentence structure, sentence structure, sentence fragments, comma splices, subject–verb and pronoun–antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, modifier errors, parallel structure, sentence combining.
Exercise 14 (Cumulative): "Following Blueprints" (.doc) (.pdf) Revise a passage.
Exercise 15 (Cumulative): "Robot RX 784" (.doc) (.pdf) Revise a passage.
Exercise 16 (Cumulative): "Radioactive Waste" (.doc) (.pdf) Revise a passage.
Exercise 17: Finding and Citing Sources, Part 1 (.doc) (.pdf)
Exercise 18: Finding and Citing Sources, Part 2 (.doc) (.pdf)