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The job candidate was overqualified for the job as hotel desk
clerk. I mean, she had managed a resort hotel in Florida. Plus she
had a master’s degree from a prestigious college.
The job candidate was overqualified for the job as hotel desk
clerk. She had managed a resort hotel in Florida and had a
master’s degree from a prestigious college.
When Baxter asked the professor if he could turn his paper in
late, the professor was all, “What does the syllabus say?” Baxter
was like, “Well, DUH! If I knew that, I would not be asking.”
When Baxter asked the professor if he could turn his paper in
late, the professor said, “What does the syllabus say?” Baxter said,
“If I knew that, I would not be asking.”
Practice 25-5 Eliminating
Conversational Constructions
Rewrite the sentences to eliminate conversational constructions.
1. Seriously, dude, that was a ruby-throated hummingbird
hovering over the trumpet vine.
2. We study literature because it, like, reflects the age in which it
was written, plus it helps us understand ourselves.
