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VIII. Effective Sentences (Chapters 38-42)

Exercise 41.1

The following are email tag lines, rewritten in a form less elegant than their original form. Using the end-weight principle, try to restore them to their original form. (Suggestion: First identify a key concept; then try to move the phrase related to that concept to the end of the sentence.)

This activity contains 10 questions.

Television is very educational: I go to the library and read a book the minute someone turns it on.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Recycled electrons were used to print this message.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

The tree of liberty grows only when the blood of tyrants waters it.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Where ignorance is bliss, to be wise is folly.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

The heart has its reasons which are not known by reason.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

You risk even more if you do not risk anything is the trouble.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Life is nothing if it is not a daring adventure.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Time is the stuff life is made of. Do not squander time if you love life.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

To gain your heart's desire and to lose it are the two tragedies in life.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Courage is the mastery of fear. It is not the absence of it.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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