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Review Exercise 25-5 Editing a

Letter to Eliminate Word Choice

Problems

Underline word choice errors in the ten sentences in the following

letter and correct to eliminate them.

Dear Mom and Dad,

1 I freaked out when I heard that Dad had sprained his

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ankle. Dad, I hope by now you are fit as a fiddle. I am
battling a cold—I am basically taking cold capsules and
getting plenty of rest.

4 The earthquake we had the other day was just a mild

tremor, but everyone was running around like chickens

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with their heads cut off. I was just LOL @ them, b/c I
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had been thru quakes in California. Some people
actually slept through the quake, but they were few in

number.

7 Well, I saw an article in the paper about the company

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where you work, Mom. The article said the company is