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Exercise G6-1
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Revise the following run-on sentences using the method of revision suggested in brackets. Type your answers in the boxes below.
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Suggested revision: The city had one public swimming pool that stayed packed with children all summer long.
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Suggested revision: The building is being renovated, so at times we have no heat, water, or electricity.
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Suggested revision: The view was not what the travel agent had described. Where were the rolling hills and the shimmering rivers?
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Suggested revision: Walker’s coming-of-age novel is set against a gloomy scientific backdrop; the Earth’s rotation has begun to slow down.
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Suggested revision: City officials had good reason to fear a major earthquake: Most [or most] of the business district was built on landfill.