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True or false: sentence structureRead the answer and worked solution →Which rule is being applied?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each pair of words to the distinctionRead the answer and worked solution →Fewer or less?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: commonly misused wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Compare to, or compare with?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the shall and will ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every expression Strunk says to avoid or cutRead the answer and worked solution →Due to, and other trapsRead 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 →Noun or verb?Read the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: word with its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: more usage entriesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: fix a misused wordRead the answer and worked solution →Choosing the right wordRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of the active voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Active or passive?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Naming the voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: turn an active sentence passiveRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: why the passive is usedRead 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 →Tap every sentence in the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: voice with its signatureRead the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: sentence structure

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Co-ordinate ideas should take similar grammatical form.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Related words belong close together.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    A summary should switch tense freely.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A run of loose sentences should be avoided.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Emphatic words belong at the end of the sentence.
The structural rules of composition. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Which rule is being applied?

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Items
  1. Item
    Three verbs in the same tense and shape
    Category
    Parallel form
  2. Item
    Matching structure for matching ideas
    Category
    Parallel form
  3. Item
    Moving a modifier next to what it modifies
    Category
    Keep related words together
  4. Item
    Keeping subject and verb close
    Category
    Keep related words together
  5. Item
    Putting the key word last
    Category
    Emphatic position
  6. Item
    Ending on the point you want remembered
    Category
    Emphatic position
Categories
  1. Item
    Parallel form
  2. Item
    Keep related words together
  3. Item
    Emphatic position
Naming the principle behind an edit. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Match each pair of words to the distinction

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    affect
    Right
    to influence
  2. Left
    effect (verb)
    Right
    to bring about, accomplish
  3. Left
    effect (noun)
    Right
    a result
  4. Left
    fewer
    Right
    for things you can count
  5. Left
    less
    Right
    not to be used where fewer belongs
Strunk's entries state each distinction exactly. Source: The Elements of Style, Strunk (1918), Words Commonly Misused.

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