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english grammar workbook for dummies_9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'english grammar workbook for dummies_9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 248 Part V Writing with Style_ 21. The newspaper and advertisements were not chewed by Duke. 22. Duke did place a few tooth marks and about a hundred scratches on the front door. 23. Puppy obedience school was unsuccessful for Duke. 24. The paper deliverer stood on the front porch listening to Duke s frantic efforts. 25. He was not a fan of dogs. 26. His left leg had seven dog-bite scars. 27. Duke was not to blame for the paper deliverer s tooth marks. 28. The mail carrier s scars on the other hand were inflicted by Duke. Shedding and Eliminating Redundancy Don t you hate listening to the same thing twice I hate listening to the same thing twice. You probably hate listening . . . okay I m sure you get the point by now Repetition is boring. You should avoid it in your writing regardless of the form it takes and it does take many forms including doubled adjectives calm and serene extra phrases six feet tall in height or just plain saying the same thing two different ways in my opinion I think . Chapter 19 Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences Rewrite the following sentences eliminating the extra words if any to avoid redundancy. Q. Anxious and extremely tense Susannah approached the starting line where the race would begin. A. Extremely tense Susannah approached the starting line. I chose extremely tense but you could cut those words and stay with anxious. Just don t use both tense and anxious because they say pretty much the same thing. The other cut where the race would begin is justified because that s what a starting line is. 29. Susannah s new and innovative idea for racing strategy was to cut away quickly from the crowd and separate herself. 30. I believe that in my view Susannah has a great chance of winning and finishing in first place. 31. The spikes that she installed and put in on her tire rims should easily and without much effort cut her opponents tires. 32. Bethany thinks that