EXERCISE 59.2
Cut and paste the following passage, adapted from “Cold Comfort” by Atul Gawande (New Yorker, March 11, 2002), into the text box. Then, rewrite the passage, adding appropriate auxiliaries and verb endings where necessary. The total number of words required in each case is indicated in parentheses.The notion that a chill__________(put—1) you at risk of catching a cold is nearly universal. Yet science__________(find—2) no evidence for it. One of the first studies on the matter__________(lead—2) by Sir Christopher Andrewes. He__________(take—1) a group of volunteers and__________(inoculate—1) them with a cold virus; previously, half of the group__________(keep—3) warm, and the other half__________(make—3) to take a bath and then to stand for half an hour without a towel while the wind__________(blow—2) on them. The chilled group__________(get—1) no more colds than the warm group.