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Exercise S5-5
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Edit each sentence to untangle any mixed constructions. Answers may vary.
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Suggested revision: A prolonged strike could easily cause a recession in Los Angeles.
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Suggested revision: People who are housebound or bedridden may have their meals delivered by a community service organization.
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Suggested revision: My grandfather takes only half a dose of his medication because he can’t afford to fill the prescription regularly.
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The reason my grandfather takes only half a dose of his medication is that he can’t afford to fill the prescription regularly.
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Suggested revision: After a week of training, a soldier named Barnes and I were called to go with the First Infantry Division.
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Suggested revision: Winning 90 percent of the precincts in the western counties helped the young lawyer defeat the incumbent.
or
By winning 90 percent of the precincts in the western counties, the young lawyer defeated the incumbent.
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Suggested revision: His great-grandmother, who had emigrated from Ireland, left him a small ceramic music box with a tiny harp on top.
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Suggested revision: Temperatures below freezing can be devastating to the orange crop.
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When the temperatures drop below freezing, the orange crop can be devastated.
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Suggested revision: In the United States, prescription drugs are extremely expensive.
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Suggested revision: Although school vacations might originally have been scheduled to allow students to help harvest crops, most children today don’t live on farms.
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School vacations might originally have been scheduled to allow students to help harvest crops, but most children today don’t live on farms.
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Suggested revision: A stalemate in chess occurs when one player has no legal moves remaining.
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