Exercise 40.1

EXERCISE 40.1

Revise the following sentences, using parentheses and brackets correctly. Example:

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  1. The committee was presented with three options to pay for the new park: 1 increase vehicle registration fees, 2 install parking meters downtown, or 3 borrow money from the reserve fund.

    Question

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    Exercise 40.1: The committee was presented with three options to pay for the new park: 1 increase vehicle registration fees, 2 install parking meters downtown, or 3 borrow money from the reserve fund.
  2. The FISA statute authorizes government wiretapping only under certain circumstances for instance, the government has to obtain a warrant.

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    Exercise 40.1: The FISA statute authorizes government wiretapping only under certain circumstances for instance, the government has to obtain a warrant.
  3. The health care expert informed readers that “as we progress through middle age, we experience intimations of our own morality sic.”

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    Exercise 40.1: The health care expert informed readers that “as we progress through middle age, we experience intimations of our own morality sic.”
  4. Some hospitals train nurses in a pseudoscientific technique called therapeutic touch TT, which has been discredited by many rigorous studies.

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    Exercise 40.1: Some hospitals train nurses in a pseudoscientific technique called therapeutic touch TT, which has been discredited by many rigorous studies.
  5. Because I was carrying an umbrella, which, as it turned out, wasn’t even necessary, I was required to enter the stadium through the high-security gate.

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    Exercise 40.1: Because I was carrying an umbrella, which, as it turned out, wasn’t even necessary, I was required to enter the stadium through the high-security gate.