EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts

EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts

Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.

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A courtroom lawyer needs to have more than a touch of theater in their blood.

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Suggested revision: Courtroom lawyers need to have more than a touch of theater in their blood.
EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts - Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - A courtroom lawyer needs to have more than a touch of theater in their blood.

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The interviewer asked if we had brought our proof of citizenship and did we bring our passports?

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Suggested revision: The interviewer asked if we had brought our proof of citizenship and our passports.
EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts - Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The interviewer asked if we had brought our proof of citizenship and did we bring our passports?

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The experienced reconnaissance scout knows how to make fast decisions and use sophisticated equipment to keep their team from being detected.

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Suggested revision: Experienced reconnaissance scouts know how to make fast decisions and use sophisticated equipment to keep their teams from being detected.
EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts - Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The experienced reconnaissance scout knows how to make fast decisions and use sophisticated equipment to keep their team from being detected.

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After the animators finish their scenes, the production designer arranges the clips according to the storyboard. Synchronization notes must also be made for the sound editor and the composer.

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Suggested revision: After the animators finish their scenes, the production designer arranges the clips according to the storyboard and makes synchronization notes for the sound editor and the composer.
EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts - Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - After the animators finish their scenes, the production designer arranges the clips according to the storyboard. Synchronization notes must also be made for the sound editor and the composer.

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Madame Defarge is a sinister figure in Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. On a symbolic level, she represents fate; like the Greek Fates, she knitted the fabric of individual destiny.

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Suggested revision: Madame Defarge is a sinister figure in Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. On a symbolic level, she represents fate; like the Greek Fates, she knits the fabric of individual destiny.
EXERCISE 13–6 Editing for shifts - Edit the following sentences to eliminate distracting shifts. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Madame Defarge is a sinister figure in Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. On a symbolic level, she represents fate; like the Greek Fates, she knitted the fabric of individual destiny.

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