"Sentence Variety" Exercises In each exercise‚ you will practice combining sentences or using the following varieties: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex‚ prepositional phrases of location‚ adverbs of negation and time‚ and conditional sentence structures. Each exercise will give you specific instructions regarding the sentence type or subject verb inversion to use. Your goal is to complete ten exercises in a row‚ or until you feel comfortable using a variety of sentences structures in
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programs to gain points. 9. Why did Marcia advised John to rent a suite in a hotel? ANSWER: 10. Choose TRUE or FALSE. Marcia is still working in a travel agency. Question 2 Marks: 1 Choose the words/ phrases that best complete the sentence or question. Would you mind ___ with my luggage? Choose one answer. | a. giving me a hand | | | b. gave me a hand | | | c. give me a hand | | Question 3 Marks: 1 She changed her _______ blouse after the meal. It’s so dirty
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period and a capital letter or (2) a comma (if needed) and the joining word and‚ but‚ for‚ or so. Do not use the same method of correction for every sentence. Some of the run-ons are fused sentences (there is no punctuation between the two complete thoughts)‚ and some are comma splices (there is only a comma between the two complete thoughts). One sentence is correct. 1. Slovakia‚ a country in eastern Europe‚ was once ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ it is now an independent country. 2
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13 Sentence Patterns Pattern A A single modifier out of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca
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Death Sentence There are many people in the world who given the right situation would take a life; for example if someone was trying to kill a person the person would defend themselves and if by accident the attacker is killed the victim would think it is alright that the person is dead. One less criminal in the world. But is it okay for a person to decided who lives and who dies? Is there any reason that justifies taking someone’s life? There is nothing‚ no reason that justifies taking someone’s
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DESCRIPTIVE SENTENCES 1. The unnamed narrator of the story is a "dreadfully nervous" character who disputed the allegation that he might be crazy. 2. The narrator wanted to show that he is not insane‚ and offered a story as proof. 3. There was the narrator’s creepy fascination with the old man’s eye as further proof of lunacy. 4. The narrator became obsessed with the diseased eye of the old man. 5. The narrator likened it to a vulture’s eye and is so haunted by the Evil Eye that he decided to
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Complex Sentences Complex sentences are sentences that have several parts‚ each with a verb‚ and these parts are joined by ‘joining words’ (连词). For example‚ here are two simple sentences: “I know a man. He has five children.” If you join these two sentences by using the relative pronoun (联系代名词) ‘who’‚ it now becomes a complex sentence: “I know a man who has five children.” (By the way‚ ‘who’ is not pronounced with extra word stress here. You only stress this word when it means ‘ 谁?’‚ which
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the judge has no legal powers to sentence and can therefore only rely on a set mandatory sentence‚ (Scheb‚ 2008). It follows that mandatory sentencing has both negative and positive sides thus the pros and cons that are yet to be discussed. Pros of mandatory sentencing Scheb (2008) reveals that mandatory sentencing is an effective tool for preventing repetitive offences since it acts to deter future crimes. Potential criminals are aware of the type of sentence that they are likely to face and
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Death Sentence and Structure for Sentencing April Mackney CJA/334 Research Methods in Criminal Justice November 19‚ 2012 John Dosdall/University of Phoenix Death Sentence and Structure for Sentencing The question that gets more than its fair share of likes and dislikes is “Is the death penalty appropriate” and “should the death penalty be able to be handed down to criminals across the United States?” The opinions of the citizens from centuries ago to today’s times would much rather see
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Sentence Coherence Coherence means the quality of sticking together. a sentence has coherence when the sentence elements are so arranged as to show their relationship. Clarity in the sentence depends largely on proper word order A. Achieving coherence through proper placement of modifiers A modifier is a word‚ phrase‚ or clause that describes‚ strengthens‚ or clarifies another word (or group of words) in a sentence. When a modifier is placed in its proper position in a sentence‚ a sense
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