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By using strong nouns and active verbs you can remove, or limit, what from your writing?

Subjects and predicates

Proper nouns

Conjunctions and prepositions

Adverbs and adjectives

Correct the sentence by selecting the correct pronoun reference. Ron and her were waiting for us. They Ron and she Her and Ron correct as is

In "The Battle of Blenheim," why are Wilhelmine's words "'twas a very wicked thing" ironic? A. She is stating the truth, though it contradicts what her grandfather says. B.

Every year in spring we plant wildflower seeds in my mother's garden. How many prepositional phrases are in the sentence above? A. 1 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? Even though, it is almost summer, we still have overcast skies and light rain. Even though it is almost summer, we still have overcast skies and light rain.

Plan a speech in which you propose to a local gym that it offer specific fitness classes for teenage members. What would be an effective claim for this assignment? A.

Which aspect of Mary Shelley's frankenstein's most clearly shows a gothic influence in the story?

What would the context clue be for the word detonated in the following sentence: The soldier pulled the pin of the grenade and detonated the device. a. soldier c. the b. grenade d. detonated

The development and organization of industry is called: a. Capitalism c. Industrialization b. Economy d. Green economics

Which of the following decades was nicknamed "The Decade of the Environment"?

Which of the following sentences is grammatically nonparallel? a. Higher education is suffering from the twin evils of bureaucracy and politics. b. Mary is a professor of linguistics but who teaches in an English department. c.