Quiz Question 1 (1 point) Sentence combining: Combine the following sentences for conciseness. I followed your advice. I

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Question 1 (1 point)
Sentence combining:
Combine the following sentences for conciseness.
I followed your advice. I went to a consignment shop. There Ifound four dining room chairs. They were in good shape.
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Question 2 (1 point)
Sentence combining:
Combine the following sentences for conciseness (useconjunctions or prepositions where appropriate).
Maria created a résumé. She copied it on expensive, high-qualitypaper. Her prospective employer was not accepting resumés.
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Question 3 (2 points)
Edit for Wordiness:
Read the following passage carefully, and then re-write itin two shorter sentences (single and/orcomplex). Make sure
In the long run, one could say that the good life, where onelives with all possible pleasures and comforts, would be veryboring, because it wouldn't necessarily have any challenges orinterests, and it's not too comfortable to sleep you life away,dozing off after dining on caviar because you don't have anythinginteresting that you've done to talk about with you friends so theydon't come to visit any longer.
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Question 4 (1 point)
Revision:
The following paragraph has no capital letters or periods tomark the beginnings and ends of sentences. Add capitals, periods,commas, and/or other punctuation that may be needed to make theword groups into complete sentences. Your goal is to be sure thatthere are no fragments.
my brother was always my best friend when I was a childespecially as we two were almost alone in the world we lived withour old grandmother in a little house, almost a shack, in thecountry whenever I think of him now I see a solemn, responsible boya boy too old for his years who looked out for me no matter whatonce there was a bully John Anson who looked enormous to me thoughhe was probably an average twelve-year-old John had it in for mebecause he liked Littice Grant who liked me he decided to beat meup right before her eyes I was lucky my brother came by he didn'tinterfere any he just stood there somehow though his presence gaveme confidence I kicked the stuffing out of John Anson if my brotherhadn't been there I don't think I could have done it.
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Question 5 (2 points)
Edit for Wordiness:
Read the following passage carefully, and then re-write it inby eliminating repetitive words. Makesure
I would appreciate it if you would bring to the attention ofyour drafting officers the administrator's dislike of longsentences and paragraphs in messages to the field and in otheritems drafted for her signature or approval, as well as in allcorrespondence, reports, and studies. Please encourage your sectionto keep their sentences short.
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Question 6 (1 point)
Comma or semi-colon:
Revise the sentence below by adding comma or semi-colon whereappropriate.
The foundations of the house had been poured but, to hisdisappointment, nothing else had been done because of thecarpenters' strike.
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Question 7 (1 point)
Fragment or Comma splice?
Revise below sentence.
Staff must provide their schedule for August and September inadvance. Which will help staff manage their workdays andholidays.
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Question 8 (1 point)
Comma or semi-colon:
Revise the sentence below inserting comma or semi-colon whereappropriate:
Rebecca Wesley Brett Clark are the names of the actors.
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