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Editing Exercises: Basic

Grammar

The following exercises allow you to test the grammar skills you have
learned in Chapters 12 through 18 . The exercises focus on

verbs, pronouns, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments.

Editing Exercise 1 Subject-Verb

Agreement and Run-ons

In the following paragraph, correct the subject-verb agreement errors

and run-ons.

6 subject-verb agreement errors

2 run-on sentences

2 comma splices

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Why does men find the entire question of clothing so much simpler
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than women do? The answer lie in the differing approach of each sex
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toward clothing. Most women uses the “outfit” concept of dressing.
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In this system, each of a woman’s dresses, sweaters, and skirts have