Exercises

Exercises found at the Companion Website will provide you with additional practice on many issues related to writing, research, grammar, and correct usage.

• Exercise 1: Sentence fragments
• Exercise 2: Subordinate clauses as sentence fragments
• Exercise 3: Other sentence fragments
• Exercise 4: Comma splices and run-on sentences
• Exercise 5: Comma splices and run-on sentences: Main clauses without and, but, etc.
• Exercise 6: Comma splices and run-on sentences: Main clauses with however, for example, etc.
• Exercise 7: Pronoun reference: Clear and close reference
• Exercise 8: Pronoun reference: Specific reference [Indefinite it, they, you]
• Exercise 9: Misplaced modifiers: Unclear placement
• Exercise 10: Misplaced modifiers: Awkward placement
• Exercise 11: Position of adverbs and adjectives
• Exercise 12: Dangling modifiers
• Exercise 13: Shifts in person and number
• Exercise 14: Shifts in tense and mood
• Exercise 15: Shifts in tone
• Exercise 16: Shifts in quotations and questions

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