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Comma Splices & Fused Sentences

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Additional Item

• Rules for Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

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Fragments

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

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Exercise 7

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Additional Items

• Rules for Fixing Fragments
• Fragment Tip 1
• Fragment Tip 2
• Fragment Tip 3

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Irregular Verbs

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

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Additional Items

• Rules for Using Irregular Verbs
• Rules for Using Lay and Lie

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Parallel Structure

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

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Additional Item

• Rules for Maintaining Parallel Structure

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Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Additional Item

• Rules for Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

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Apostrophes

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Additional Item

• Rules for Fixing Apostrophe Errors

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Commas

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5 (Not for the faint-hearted!)

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Additional Items

• Comma Tip 1
• Comma Tip 2
• Comma Tip 3
• Comma Tip 4
• Comma Tip 5
• Comma Tip 6
• Comma Tip 7

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Pronoun Agreement

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Additional Item

• Rules for Fixing Pronoun Agreement Errors

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Pronoun Case

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Exercise 6

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Pronoun Reference

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Additional Item

• Rules for Fixing Pronoun Reference Errors

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

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Exercise 5

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Word Choice

Exercise 1 :: Their, There, They're

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Exercise 2 :: Their, There, They're

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Exercise 3 :: Lose, Loose

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Exercise 4 :: Lose, Loose

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Exercise 5 :: Loss, Lost

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Exercise 6 :: Who, Whom

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Exercise 7 :: Who, Whom

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Exercise 8 :: Whoever, Whomever

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Exercise 9 :: Whose, Who's

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Exercise 10 :: Whose, Who's

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Exercise 11 :: To, Too, Two

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Exercise 12 :: To, Too, Two

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Exercise 13 :: Its, It's

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Exercise 14 :: Its, It's

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Additional Items

• Word Choice Tip 1
• Word Choice Tip 2
• Word Choice Tip 3
• Word Choice Tip 4
• Word Choice Tip 5
• Word Choice Tip 6
• Word Choice Tip 7

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