Answer Happy

Edit the following sentences to eliminate wordiness, passiveverbs,inappropriate language, and non-standard idioms (as described insectionsW2-W5 of A Writer’s Reference). Each sentence contains only onetype oferror. Adjust the wording of the sentence to correct the error, butpreservethe structure and intended meaning.1. We do not need to criticize people just because they aredifferent than us.2. Sim would agree about my idea because it rejects thedogmatic view.3. Unfortunately, the soup was spilled in the customer’s lap.4. He often reflected over the lessons his uncle had sharedduring holiday dinners.5. The United States pledged to cooperate together with itsmajor trading partners.6. The red Camry struck a pedestrian who slipped off of thecurb.7. Never try and extinguish a grease fire with water.8. The jurors were in agreement that the defendant hadplannedthe murder for months.
Lakewood Energy is downsizing 50 positions at itsWorthington ethanol plant.10. The school board pissed off district parents by ignoringthesuperintendent’s fishy behavior.11. I volunteered to facilitate decorating the cafeteria fortheholiday dance.12. There is a guard who watches over the courtyard from theveranda.13. His surgeon is a doctor with ten years of clinicalexperience.14. We had just begun the process of setting up our tent whenthe storm hit.15. Assaulting a mailman is a federal crime.