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Revising Sentences with Comma Splices, Run-ons , and Fragments

    In each exercise, you will see a paragraph with a specified number of errors in comma splices, run-on sentences, and fragments. Using a sheet of paper, write down a revised version of the paragraph. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph. Your goal is to complete at least ten exercises in a row or until you have mastered the lesson.

Exercise 1

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Recognizing the need to earn money, many students attend school. So they can learn small business administration. One of my friends from Taiwan is studying in an MBA program right now, so he can return to work in his father’s company, this student wants to attend school now so that he can develop the entrepreneurial skills. Which will help him grow his father’s business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph: Recognizing the need to earn money, many students attend school, so they can learn small business administration. One of my friends from Taiwan is studying in an MBA program right now, so he can return to work in his father’s company. This student wants to attend school now so that he can develop the entrepreneurial skills which will help him grow his father’s business.

 

 

 

 

Exercise 2

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Secondly, students do not have to concern about their time and place they who are students and coaches can study together whenever they want, wherever they want. To illustrate, if you do not want to study in your room or study room. You can study at café or restaurant with your coach, moreover, if you are morning person, you can study in the morning with your coach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Secondly, students do not have to concern about their time and place. They who are student and coach can study together whenever they want, wherever they want. To illustrate, if you do not want to study in your room or study room, you can study at café or restaurant with your coach. Moreover, if you are morning person, you can study in the morning with your coach.

 

Exercise 3

This paragraph has two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

A coach also instills sportsman’s spirit in his students. If all the world were to remember the advice given to them by their coaches. Half of the vices in our societies in general would be weeded out. The terms 'Fair Play' and 'Its not cricket' depict the fact that the sportsman's spirit inculcated in the student’s mind by the coaches is a great virtue indeed. As good sportsman's spirit is rightly considered synonyms with fair play and uprightness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

A coach also instills sportsman’s spirit in his students. If all the world were to remember the advice given to them by their coaches, half of the vices in our societies in general would be weeded out. The terms 'Fair Play' and 'Its not cricket' depict the fact that the sportsman's spirit inculcated in the student’s mind by the coaches is a great virtue indeed as good sportsman's spirit is rightly considered synonyms with fair play and uprightness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 4

This paragraph has three errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Revised paragraph:

First, microwaves and fast food restaurants can contribute to obesity. In that people who use them also tend to buy microwave dinners/meals which are often high in fats and sugars. And if a person eats a lot of high fat and sugary foods; he will become fat. It seems that recently in my country. More and more people are becoming overweight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

First, microwaves and fast food restaurants can contribute to obesity in that people who use them also tend to buy microwave dinners/meals which are often high in fats and sugars. And if a person eats a lot of high fat and sugary foods, he will become fat. It seems that recently in my country, more and more people are becoming overweight.

 

 

 

Exercise 5

This paragraph has two errors with comma splices, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

First, fast foods and other kind of foods that can be quickly cooked in the microwave contain a lot of dietary sugar and fat, these are very difficult to digest. This can lead to the deposition of unwanted fat and clogging of arteries, thus giving a chance to a high risk of diseases and obesity. For example, consider frozen vegetables that can be cooked easily, they have many preservatives mixed in. Which in the long run is not good for health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

First, fast foods and other kind of foods that can be quickly cooked in the microwave contain a lot of dietary sugar and fat. These are very difficult to digest. This can lead to the deposition of unwanted fat and clogging of arteries, thus giving a chance to a high risk of diseases and obesity. For example, consider frozen vegetables that can be cooked easily. They have many preservatives mixed in which in a long run is not good for health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 6

This paragraph has two errors with comma splices, and one error with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Both classroom instruction and personal experience are similar in that they are necessary for one to survive in the workplace, for example, a computer programmer is trained in writing software programs and in understanding the hardware components of a personal computer. The classroom instruction will give the programmer the basic skills by which to work, however, every programmer will encounter problems for which no solution was taught in the classroom, and he will have to use trial and error in order to solve the problem. And through personal experience, the programmer will learn to solve more and more complex problems two very important forms of knowledge, the classroom instruction and personal experience serve to help the programmer to become more and more advanced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Both classroom instruction and personal experience are similar in that they are necessary for one to survive in the workplace. For example, a computer programmer is trained in writing software programs and in understanding the hardware components of a personal computer. The classroom instruction will give the programmer the basic skills by which to work. However, every programmer will encounter problems for which no solution was taught in the classroom, and he will have to use trial and error in order to solve the problem. And through personal experience, the programmer will learn to solve more and more complex problems. Two very important forms of knowledge, the classroom instruction and personal experience serve to help the programmer to become more and more advanced.

Exercise 7

This paragraph has two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

However, the two modes of instruction are very different in that classroom instruction is explicitly taught. While personal experience knowledge is acquired naturally. A student must go to school for many years in order to learn. What is taught in the classroom. But he will not need any formal education at all to learn personal experience knowledge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, the two modes of instruction are very different in that classroom instruction is explicitly taught, while personal experience knowledge is acquired naturally. A student must go to school for many years in order to learn what is taught in the classroom, but he will not need any formal education at all to learn personal experience knowledge.

 

 

 

Exercise 8

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

The advantages to building a military base near my community might be an increase in jobs and security many soldiers will live at the base, and they will go to the city to buy clothes, food, and entertainment, all of them will generate more revenue for the city. Moreover, the military base will provide a sense of security to the community and the nation. Since the soldiers who live there have taken an oath to protect my country and constitution at any cost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

The advantages to building a military base near my community might be an increase in jobs and security. Many soldiers will live at the base, and they will go to the city to buy clothes, food, and entertainment, all of which will generate more revenue for the city. Moreover, the military base will provide a sense of security to the community and the nation since the soldiers who live there have taken an oath to protect my country and constitution at any cost.

 

 

 

Exercise 9

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

The disadvantages to constructing a military base could be an increase in crime and pollution. First, look at Okinawa as an example sometimes some of the soldiers go into the city to drink and party, and then a young girl gets raped, and some fights happen. Many are hurt and lives are shattered. Because of crime caused by the soldiers from the military base. Second, there could also be an increase in pollution since many military vehicles emit harmful fumes to the environment, noise pollution could also be a problem since military bases often engage in "war games" by setting off explosions and shooting machine guns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

The disadvantages to constructing a military base could be an increase in crime and pollution. First, look at Okinawa as an example. Sometimes, some of the soldiers go into the city to drink and party, and then a young girl gets raped, and some fights happen. Many are hurt and lives are shattered because of crime caused by the soldiers from the military base. Second, there could also be an increase in pollution since many military vehicles emit harmful fumes to the environment. Noise pollution could also be a problem since military bases often engage in "war games" by setting off explosions and shooting machine guns.

 

Exercise 10

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

First, the people in my country have been paying higher and higher taxes in recent years despite the fact that we are in a recession. Lowering the taxes would offer relief to these people who could give money back to the economy by buying more consumer products. The increase in the purchasing of products such as furniture, automobiles, appliances, and so on could give my country more economic strength, which could help my country get out of its long ten-year recession.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

First, the people in my country have been paying higher and higher taxes in recent years despite the fact that we are in a recession. Lowering the taxes would offer relief to these people, and they could give money back to the economy by buying more consumer products. The increase in the purchasing of products such as furniture, automobiles, appliances, and so on could give my country more economic strength. This in turn could help my country get out of its long ten_year recession.

 

Exercise 11

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Unemployment is responsible for the high crime rate in the metro cities of my country as someone has said, an empty mind is a devil's workshop. Young men and women come from small towns to bigger cities to find work, when they don't, they find alternate ways to 'earn' their daily bread. These alternate ways can range from stealing, begging, looting, and more. Giving them employment would divert their mind. To useful work that would be directly beneficial to the society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Unemployment is responsible for the high crime rate in the metro cities of my country. As someone has said, an empty mind is a devil's workshop. Young men and women come from small towns to bigger cities to find work. When they don't, they find alternate ways to 'earn' their daily bread. These alternate ways can range from stealing, begging, looting, and more. Giving them employment would divert their mind to useful work that would be directly beneficial to the society.

 

 

 

Exercise 12

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Politically speaking, a politician must have name recognition in order to be elected; that is, the people in my country must know who he is and have heard about him. Before they will have confidence to cast a vote in his direction. Short thirty_second TV commercials are a very effective way for people in a country to become acquainted with a politician, similarly, billboards and radio ads can influence people to vote for or against a particular political candidate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Politically speaking, a politician must have name recognition in order to be elected; that is, the people in my country must know who he is and have heard about him before they will have confidence to cast a vote in his direction. Short thirty_second TV commercials are a very effective way for people in a country to become acquainted with a politician. Similarly, billboards and radio ads can influence people to vote for or against a particular political candidate.

 

 

 

 

Exercise 13

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and one error with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Economically speaking, a consumer will not buy a product that he is unfamiliar with, in fact, many times a consumer will make an unconscious decision to buy a particular brand of toothpaste solely based on the fact that he has seen that product advertised in a way the consumer has been conditioned by the advertiser to buy that particular brand of toothpaste. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Economically speaking, a consumer will not buy a product that he is unfamiliar with. In fact, many times a consumer will make an unconscious decision to buy a particular brand of toothpaste solely based on the fact that he has seen that product advertised. In a way, the consumer has been conditioned by the advertiser to buy that particular brand of toothpaste. 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 14

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Aside from economic benefits, the Internet is a very powerful educational tool for example, an elementary school class who might be studying about different types of music could go to the Internet to listen to actual recordings of the artist, the students could get reinforced instruction from the Internet to help them remember the ideas being taught in the classroom. It has been said that hearing is good, seeing is better, but doing is best. The Internet provides many educational opportunities where children "see" and "do" things. Which will help increase their knowledge. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Aside from economic benefits, the Internet is a very powerful educational tool. For example, an elementary school class who might be studying about different types of music could go to the Internet to listen to actual recordings of the artist. The students could get reinforced instruction from the Internet to help them remember the ideas being taught in the classroom. It has been said that hearing is good, seeing is better, but doing is best. The Internet provides many educational opportunities where children "see" and "do" things which will help increase their knowledge. 

 

 

 

Exercise 15

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Internet is also a very good form of entertainment it is slowly taking over the print media, the television, and the radio. The web has something or the other for men and women of all ages, take for instance, my grand father. He surfs the Net for a couple of hours everyday. This way, he not only keeps himself busy but also spreads his knowledge around. By teaching us many good things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Internet is also a very good form of entertainment. It is slowly taking over the print media, the television, and the radio. The web has something or the other for men and women of all ages. Take for instance, my grand father. He surfs the Net for a couple of hours everyday. This way, he not only keeps himself busy but also spreads his knowledge around by teaching us many good things.

 

Exercise 16

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

School can offer a person knowledge about academic subjects. Such as Geography. Case in point, a student studying Physical Geography can learn about how mountains are formed, thus developing in him a deeper respect for the environment, consequently, the student may decide to take such a class in order to make sure that our earth is protected from neglect in future generations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

School can offer a person knowledge about academic subjects such as Geography. Case in point, a student studying Physical Geography can learn about how mountains are formed, thus developing in him a deeper respect for the environment. Consequently, the student may decide to take such a class in order to make sure that our earth is protected from neglect in future generations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 17

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and one error with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Attending a small university has its advantages for the student who likes to be a big fish in a small pond this type of student likes the small sized classes with the more personal teaching style of the professors. At this university, the student sees many opportunities to serve in clubs and leadership positions, perhaps, in this type of university, the student has a real sense of belonging and camaraderie with others. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph: Attending a small university has its advantages for the student who likes to be a big fish in a small pond. This type of student likes the small sized classes with the more personal teaching style of the professors. At this university, the student sees many opportunities to serve in clubs and leadership positions. Perhaps, in this type of university, the student has a real sense of belonging and camaraderie with others. 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 18

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

The large university has its advantages for the student who likes to be a small fish in a big pond, this student doesn't want to stand out, doesn't mind the less intimate atmosphere, and prefers to not be involved in clubs and leadership positions. This student, however, does like the many parties and activities which may happen on a daily basis and may thrive on many types of campus facilities. Which may not be offered at a smaller university.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

The large university has its advantages for the student who likes to be a small fish in a big pond. This student doesn't want to stand out, doesn't mind the less intimate atmosphere, and prefers to not be involved in clubs and leadership positions. This student, however, does like the many parties and activities which may happen on a daily basis and may thrive on many types of campus facilities which may not be offered at a smaller university.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 19

This paragraph has one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Most people say hard work is the only reason for success the discoveries of scientists, Leonardo da Vinci's beautiful paintings, and Shakespeare's wonderful plays were all because of their hard work and luck had nothing to do with it. If they had not worked hard. Edison said: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety_nine percent perspiration."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Most people say hard work is the only reason for success. The discoveries of scientists, Leonardo da Vinci's beautiful paintings, and Shakespeare's wonderful plays were all because of their hard work and luck had nothing to do with it if they had not worked hard. Edison said: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety_nine percent perspiration."

 

 

 

Exercise 20

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

To the average worker, the key to success is by working harder: putting in more overtime and doing the job faster, for example, an employee for an Accounting firm may choose to work 50-70 hours each week to show his commitment to the company in addition, a worker on a furniture assembly line might strive to make sofas faster than the rest of the employees in the company. These employees’ efforts are creating more money for the owner of the company. Although perhaps sometime down the line. They may be rewarded for their efforts by a small raise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

To the average worker, the key to success is by working harder: putting in more overtime and doing the job faster. For example, an employee for an Accounting firm may choose to work 50-70 hours each week to show his commitment to the company. In addition, a worker on a furniture assembly line might strive to make sofas faster than the rest of the employees in the company. These employees’ efforts are creating more money for the owner of the company, although perhaps sometime down the line, they may be rewarded for their efforts by a small raise.

 

 

 

 

Exercise 21

This paragraph has one error with comma splices and two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Sports bring out the competitive spirit in a person. Thus building confidence in the individual. Whether it is a team game or an individual sport, the chance to compete with others in the same group, and the urge to perform well on a sports ground builds confidence in a student. Participating in a team sport enhances a student's ability to interact with people around and to coordinate with others, this confidence and ability to share holds a student in good stead. When he interacts with others in the society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Sports bring out the competitive spirit in a person, thus building confidence in the individual. Whether it is a team game or an individual sport, the chance to compete with others in the same group, and the urge to perform well on a sports ground builds confidence in a student. Participating in a team sport enhances a student's ability to interact with people around and to coordinate with others. This confidence and ability to share holds a student in good stead when he interacts with others in the society.

 

Exercise 22

This paragraph has one error with comma splices and one error with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

A student's capability should not be judged alone on his or her academic results it may happen that a student not doing well in his studies might turn out to be a very able sports person. Teachers interacting with such students should be sensitive enough to identify such potential in the students and help them develop their talent in sports. The sports facilities available in the universities go a long way in creating interest among students towards sports, it would be rather sad if a talented student is not able to pursue his or her field of sport due to lack of facilities. Universities should make sure that proper infrastructure is provided to the students and students with potential are awarded for their achievements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

A student's capability should not be judged alone on his or her academic results. It may happen that a student not doing well in his studies might turn out to be a very able sports person. Teachers interacting with such students should be sensitive enough to identify such potential in the students and help them develop their talent in sports. The sports facilities available in the universities go a long way in creating interest among students towards sports. It would be rather sad if a talented student is not able to pursue his or her field of sport due to lack of facilities. Universities should make sure that proper infrastructure is provided to the students and students with potential are awarded for their achievements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 23

This paragraph has one error with comma splices and one error with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

The most compelling reason people visit museums is the marketing strategy adopted by local tourism bodies in pulling tourists about the different tourist attractions, including museums. Many countries and cities all over the world have built museums with the only aim of attracting tourists these museums and their USPs are boldly advertised in the backdrop of national monuments, heritage and culture, this fosters a need for a potential tourist to visit these museums on their forthcoming trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

The most compelling reason people visit museums is the marketing strategy adopted by local tourism bodies in pulling tourists about the different tourist attractions, including museums. Many countries and cities all over the world have built museums with the only aim of attracting tourists. These museums and their USPs are boldly advertised in the backdrop of national monuments, heritage and culture. This fosters a need for a potential tourist to visit these museums on their forthcoming trip.

 

Exercise 24

This paragraph has two errors with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

In my opinion, people visit museums. Because they give cumulative information about culture, history, and features on that area. Assume that you went to Korea even though you look into Korea personally before visiting there, it is hard for you to fully understand Korea. It is because you did not experience it directly. In a museum, you can see and feel from old things to new ones, for example, in the other places, you can experience it partly, but not get total image about Korea; in the restaurant, you can just eat Korean foods, in the library, you can find some history and culture about Korea by books, but you can find it in your country and not see original antiques, and pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

In my opinion, people visit museums because they give cumulative information about culture, history, and features on that area. Assume that you went to Korea. Even though you look into Korea personally before visiting there, it is hard for you to fully understand Korea. It is because you did not experience it directly. In a museum, you can see and feel from old things to new ones. For example, in the other places, you can experience it partly, but not get total image about Korea; in the restaurant, you can just eat Korean foods. In the library, you can find some history and culture about Korea by books, but you can find it in your country and not see original antiques, and pictures.

Exercise 25

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Eating out can be very expensive a few months ago, I ate out twice a week for a while. Due to my busy schedule of going to school and holding down a full_time job. When I ate at Denny's, the cost for my meal was $8.50, including the tip. On other occasions, I ate at the Yamazato and the Mikado restaurants, both of them cost me more than $25 for each meal. That month my food bill was over three hundred dollars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Eating out can be very expensive. A few months ago, I ate out twice a week for a while due to my busy schedule of going to school and holding down a full_time job. When I ate at Denny's, the cost for my meal was $8.50, including the tip. On other occasions, I ate at the Yamazato and the Mikado restaurants, both of which cost me more than $25 for each meal. That month my food bill was over three hundred dollars.

 

 

Exercise 26

This paragraph has one error with comma splices, one error with run-on sentences, and two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Perhaps the best reason for eating at home is health reasons. When I was a teenager, I used to eat out a lot with my friends (i.e., McDonald’s, the Sushi Lounge, Burger King, Yoshinoya). Naturally since I got into the habit of doing this. I continued to eat out when I got into my twenties. But now I seem to gain weight easily. When I eat out since many of these restaurant foods taste very delicious but contain high amounts of fat, consequently, I gained a total of 25 lbs between the ages of 20 and 25 years of age, at which point I made a decision to stop eating out except on very special occasions I am happy to say that I have now lost 15 lbs, and I am feeling a lot healthier as a result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

Perhaps the best reason for eating at home is health reasons. When I was a teenager, I used to eat out a lot with my friends (i.e., McDonald’s, the Sushi Lounge, Burger King, Yoshinoya). Naturally since I got into the habit of doing this, I continued to eat out when I got into my twenties. But now I seem to gain weight easily when I eat out since many of these restaurant foods taste very delicious but contain high amounts of fat. Consequently, I gained a total of 25 lbs between the ages of 20 and 25 years of age, at which point I made a decision to stop eating out except on very special occasions. I am happy to say that I have now lost 15 lbs, and I am feeling a lot healthier as a result.

 

 

Exercise 27

This paragraph has one error with comma splices and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

First, the option of not attending classes and learning through correspondence makes it possible and easier for people who have other responsibilities, other than just studying, to study. For example, distance learning courses offered by universities make it possible for mothers who have small children and cannot leave the house to get a university degree, similarly, the option of learning through correspondence makes it possible for people. Who have multiple jobs or a very busy daily routine to study when they find free time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph:

First, the option of not attending classes and learning through correspondence makes it possible and easier for people who have other responsibilities, other than just studying, to study. For example, distance learning courses offered by universities make it possible for mothers who have small children and cannot leave the house to get a university degree. Similarly, the option of learning through correspondence makes it possible for people who have multiple jobs or a very busy daily routine to study when they find free time.

 

 

Exercise 28

This paragraph has one error with run-on sentences and two errors with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Second, studying by not attending classes makes it possible for handicapped people who find it difficult to travel from one place to another to get an education for example, a correspondence course makes it simpler for a person who has only one leg to get an education. As it saves that person the trouble of traveling from home to the university and from one class to another. Instead of having to worry about how to get to the university or from one class to another. Such a person can concentrate and put in all his efforts into studying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Second, studying by not attending classes makes it possible for handicapped people who find it difficult to travel from one place to another to get an education. For example, a correspondence course makes it simpler for a person who has only one leg to get an education as it saves that person the trouble of traveling from home to the university and from one class to another. Instead of having to worry about how to get to the university or from one class to another, such a person can concentrate and put in all his efforts into studying.

 

Exercise 29

This paragraph has one error with comma splices and two errors with run-on sentences. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Most modern countries are changing from an industrial_based to an information_based economy the Internet is the vehicle that people can use to conduct business in areas that they would have not had access if not for the Internet, for example, a bicycle company in Japan can start an E_commerce store on the Internet. Consumers from Thailand, Germany, and Russia can go the Web Site and place orders for bicycles the Japanese bicycle company is able to expand its market internationally and significantly increase profits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised paragraph: Most modern countries are changing from an industrial_based to an information_based economy. The Internet is the vehicle that people can use to conduct business in areas that they would have not had access if not for the Internet. For example, a bicycle company in Japan can start an E_commerce store on the Internet. Consumers from Thailand, Germany, and Russia can go the Web Site and place orders for bicycles. The Japanese bicycle company is able to expand its market internationally and significantly increase profits.

 

Exercise 30

This paragraph has two errors with comma splices and one error with sentence fragments. Revise these mistakes. Then scroll down your screen to see a possible revision of the paragraph.

Additionally, good neighbors provide security and think of their neighbors as a cohesive family, for example, Steve saw a strange man standing in front of his neighbor's house yesterday night. He immediately called both the police and his other two neighbors immediately, the entire neighborhood was awake and the suspect fled. This example was aired all over the state and country. As a model for the neighborhood watch program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additionally, good neighbors provide security and think of their neighbors as a cohesive family. For example, Steve saw a strange man standing in front of his neighbor's house yesterday night. He immediately called both the police and his other two neighbors. Immediately, the entire neighborhood was awake and the suspect fled. This example was aired all over the state and country as a model for the neighborhood watch program.

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