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Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Applying the principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence problem Strunk's rules would catchRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the composition principlesRead the answer and worked solution →More of Strunk's rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: sentence structureRead the answer and worked solution →Which rule is being applied?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Complete the paragraph rules

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    paragraph
    Choices
    1. paragraph
    2. sentence
    3. clause
  2. Answer
    topic
    Choices
    1. topic
    2. closing
    3. quoted
Complete the statement
Make the {0} the unit of composition, one for each topic. As a rule, begin each one with a {1} sentence.
Two rules govern how a paragraph is built. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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True or false: composition

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The paragraph is the unit of composition.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Each paragraph should as a rule begin with a topic sentence.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Co-ordinate ideas should be expressed in similar form.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Related words should be kept far apart.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The emphatic words of a sentence belong at the end.
Each line is one of Strunk's principles, stated straight or bent. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Order the steps: tighten a sentence

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Steps
  1. Find the real subject and the real action
  2. Rewrite it in the active voice
  3. State it positively rather than as a denial
  4. Cut every word that adds nothing
  5. Move the words you want emphasised to the end
Strunk's advice, applied as a procedure. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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