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A student writes one paragraph about one idea. The sentence stating that idea is the:Read the answer and worked solution →An editor breaks a long block of prose into paragraphs so readers get:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer saves her strongest word for the end because the most emphatic spot is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Swapping 'animal' for 'collie' makes writing sharper because concrete nouns are more:Read the answer and worked solution →In the sentence 'The dog chased the ball', the subject performs the action. This is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The ball was chased by the dog', the subject receives the action. This is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher tells her class to prefer active verbs because the writing then becomes more:Read the answer and worked solution →A sentence carrying one idea in a single main clause is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →A group of words with a subject and a predicate that can stand alone is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Two equally important main clauses joined in one sentence produce a:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer links two closely related main clauses without a conjunction. She uses a:Read the answer and worked solution →A clause with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →In a complex sentence, the less important idea is carried by the:Read the answer and worked solution →A pupil punctuates a subordinate clause as if it were a whole sentence. He has written a:Read the answer and worked solution →Three or more ideas packed into one sentence with several clauses form a:Read the answer and worked solution →A student joins two complete sentences with only a comma. This error is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Two complete sentences written with no punctuation between them make a:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The board voted; they explained their reasoning', the noun that 'they' refers to is its:Read the answer and worked solution →A marker warns that a pronoun in an essay is vague. Every pronoun needs an antecedent that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The pronouns it, they and you cause trouble in an essay unless each has a definite:Read the answer and worked solution →A student must write the possessive form of 'who' in a sentence. She writes:Read the answer and worked solution →An advertisement uses short deliberate fragments for punch. Such fragments are common in:Read the answer and worked solution →
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