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Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing, 3E by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange
Table of Contents: Answer Key

SECTION 1

UNIT 1 Verb Tenses………………………………………….....……...3
UNIT 2 Verb Forms………………………………………………….....7
UNIT 3 Modals………………………………………………………..10
UNIT 4 Conditional Sentences………………………………………..13
UNIT 5 Passive Voice………………………………………………....16
UNIT 6 Relative, Adverbial, and Noun Clauses………………………19
UNIT 7 Sentence Structure……………………………………...…….24
UNIT 8 Word Order……………………………………………...……26
UNIT 9 Connecting Words…………………………………………....29

SECTION 2

UNIT 10 Subject-Verb Agreement…………………………….……….32
UNIT 11 Articles……………………………………………………..…34
UNIT 12 Singular and Plural of Nouns………………………………....36
UNIT 13 Word Choice……………………………………………….....38
UNIT 14 Word Forms…………………………………………..………40
UNIT 15 Prepositions………………………………………………..….44

SECTION 3

PART A Expand Your Vocabulary…………………………….………48
PART B Achieve an Academic Writing Style………………...……… 48
PART C Avoid Nonidiomatic and Unclear Sentences…………………48
PART D Improve Flow of Ideas……………………………………..…50
PART E Revise Your Writing……………………………………….…50
APPENDIX C

Exercise 1……………………………………………………….………51
Exercise 2..………………………………………………………….…..51
Exercise 3…………………………………………………………….…52
Exercise 4…………………………………………………………….....53
Exercise 5………………………………………………………….……53
Exercise 6..……………………………………………………………...54

Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing, 3E by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange
Answer Key

SECTION 1

Unit 1

Pre-test: What Do You Already Know?
See page 350 of Writing Clearly, Third Edition for answers to the Pre-test.

Practice What You Have Learned (pages 21–25)

Exercise 1 (page 21)
I 1. I have been interested in physics since high school.
I 2. Having good social skills is essential for my job, and I decided (OR have decided) to take a class in personal communication.
I 3. Since she was a child, she has liked sports, especially water sports, such as swimming and waterskiing.
I 4. Mario graduated as a veterinarian in