Oxford has developed rapidly as an industrial and commercial centre since the 1930s. - Since the 1930s, Oxford has developed rapidly as an industrial and commercial centre. | 9. As Christmas grows near I find myself looking back into my childhood days at fun-filled times of snowball fights. To think about this makes me happy. 10. Making up his mind quickly. Jim ordered two dozen red roses for his wife. Hoping she would accept his apology. 11. They were all having a good time. Until one of Joe s oldest and best friends had a little too much to drink. 12. Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles an hour. My old rowboat with its three-horsepower motor seemed like a high-speed job to me. 13. With my brother standing by my side I reached for the pot handle. Tilting the pot way too much caused the boiling water to spill. 14. The small one-story houses are all the same size and style. With no difference except the color. 15. Being a friend of mine like he was when we first joined the soccer team. Together we learned a lot. Exercise 2. These paragraphs need proofreading for possible fragments. Revise them. 1. How can a person find patriotism in a local night club Well it did not take me too long. About four weeks ago in a little night club in Louisville Kentucky a couple of my friends Rick and Lon the duo who were providing the entertainment that night for the club. 2. For the past twenty years the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan has been measuring the level of Americans trust and confidence in their politicians and quasi-political trust and confidence in their political institutions and their leaders. Political being all levels of government and quasi-political churches labor unions large professional business associations educational institutions and the like. The result is that a very sharp decline has taken place every year since 1964. 3. For 200 years Americans believed in better jobs better homes a better life for one s children. This confidence no longer exists. Polls now indicate that fewer Americans who feel they are better off today than they were five years ago. A public-opinion 61 analysis group .
