EXERCISE 3.1, Correcting Sentence Fragments

EXERCISE 3.1, Correcting Sentence Fragments

EXERCISE 3.1

Correcting Sentence Fragments

Correct any fragments in the following sentences. Some groups of sentences may be correct as written.

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1. In the past, higher education was only accessible to a small number of people. However, access to higher education has expanded over the last 200 years.

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2. In the United States, for example. Colleges and universities provide education to Americans of all classes and backgrounds.

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3. At first, state universities were publicly funded schools. That trained students in fields such as engineering, education, and agriculture.

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4. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Graduates of state universities played a key role in America’s development as an industrial and economic power.

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5. The number of students in college. Increased greatly in the years after World War II.

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6. Because federal funding from the 1944 GI Bill made it possible. Millions of returning veterans attended colleges.

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7. Many people credit this program with helping to create a strong middle class. In the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.

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8. Now, about two-thirds of high school graduates will attend college. Because those with bachelor’s degrees earn $20,000 more a year on average than do people with only high school diplomas.

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9. Most people agree that America needs an educated workforce to compete globally.

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10. However, as education costs continue to rise. Some wonder whether a traditional four-year college is always worth the expense.

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