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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 →Complete the definition of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what tense marksRead the answer and worked solution →Present or past?Read the answer and worked solution →Forms of the verb 'to be'Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: subject and verb must agreeRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: choose the right verb formRead 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 statement true of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: subject with its present formRead the answer and worked solution →Singular or plural subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the definition backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the agreement ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Which subject takes this form?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: tense across timeRead the answer and worked solution →Matching form to subject and timeRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →

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Applying the principles

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Questions
  1. Question
    Which follows 'use the active voice'?
    Choices
    1. She wrote the report
    2. The report was written by her
    3. The report, written by her
    Correct choice
    She wrote the report
  2. Question
    Which follows 'put statements in positive form'?
    Choices
    1. He did not remember
    2. He forgot
    3. He was not able to recall
    Correct choice
    He forgot
  3. Question
    Which follows 'omit needless words'?
    Choices
    1. due to the fact that
    2. owing to the fact that
    3. because
    Correct choice
    because
  4. Question
    Where do the emphatic words belong?
    Choices
    1. at the end
    2. at the start
    3. in the middle
    Correct choice
    at the end
Choosing the better sentence, and naming why. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Tap every sentence problem Strunk's rules would catch

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Text
      Two clauses joined by a bare comma
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      A dangling participial opening
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      Padding like 'due to the fact that'
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      A correctly placed topic sentence
      Matches the category
      No
    5. Text
      An active-voice sentence
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    A problem Strunk's rules catch
The rules exist because these errors are common. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Complete the composition principles

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    active
    Choices
    1. active
    2. passive
    3. middle
  2. Answer
    positive
    Choices
    1. positive
    2. negative
    3. conditional
  3. Answer
    Omit
    Choices
    1. Omit
    2. Add
    3. Repeat
Complete the statement
Use the {0} voice. Put statements in {1} form. {2} needless words.
Three of the best known rules. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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