Directions: Following the example, rewrite the following rule violations.
1. Accompanied by four policeman, three FBI agents, and two U.S. Marshals who were carrying machine guns and wooden clubs the accused left the building.
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2. A student with exceptional promise, the school gave him the English award.
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3. Caught between the influences of Romanticism and Modernism and the philosphy of Emerson and the Imagism of Ezra Pound Robert Frost writes about the beauty and horror in nature.
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4. Naive and confident, the task of leading the charge into battle seemed desirable to the soldier.
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5. Driving through the mountains several bears were seen.
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6. Riding my bicycle through the trail in the woods, a dog chased me.
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7. Knowing little about how to cook, sleep, hike, or survive in the outdoors, the outdoor trip was a disaster for the first graders.'
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8. To write effectively without errors in usage, composition, and form, practice is essential.
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9. Before setting out for our solo trip in the Utah desert and before we left out last water source we replenished our water supply.
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10. After fishing for hours with a dry fly that got stuck in the trees and my back I switched to a worm and caught fish.
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11. With unprecedented simplicity, Ernest Hemingway changed prose irrevocably.
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12. As he creates his argument about the desire to escape from reality for a while and return to reality renewed Robert Frost writes, "May no fate willfully misunderstand me and snatch me away not to return / Earth's the right place for love / I don't know where it's likely to go better." (lines 111-113)
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13. Hoping to "make poetry new" and please the modernist audience's desire for simplicity, clarity and efficiency William Carlos Williams wrote poems about common events and common experiences in simple, concrete images.
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14. While Emerson and Thoreau celebrate the divine grandeur of nature as the embodiment of a beneficent spirit Melville explores the possibility that nature is a "mask" for the malevolent intentions of a vindictive God.
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15. Articulating the need for man to walk on his own volition in a place unencumbered by machinery Henry Thoreau writes, "We can never have enough of nature." (Thoreau 123)
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Answers:
1. Accompanied by four policeman, three FBI agents, and two U.S. Marshals who were carrying machine guns and wooden clubs the accused left the building.
1. Accompanied by four policeman, three FBI agents, and two U.S. Marshals who were carrying machine guns and wooden clubs, the accused left the building.
2. A student with exceptional promise, the school gave him the English award.
2. A student with exceptional promise, he received the English award from the school.
3. Caught between the influences of Romanticism and Modernism and the philosphy of Emerson and the Imagism of Ezra Pound Robert Frost writes about the beauty and horror in nature.
3. Caught between the influences of Romanticism and Modernism and the philosphy of Emerson and the Imagism of Ezra Pound, Robert Frost writes about the beauty and horror in nature.
4. Naive and confident, the task of leading the charge into battle seemed desirable to the soldier.
4. Naive and confident, the soldier thouth that the task of leading the charge into battle seemed desirable.
5. Driving through the mountains several bears were seen.
5. Driving through the mountains we saw several bears.
(no comma because the present participial phrase is so short)
6. Riding my bicycle through the trail in the woods, a dog chased me.
6. Riding my bicycle through the trail in the woods, I was chased by a dog.
7. Knowing little about how to cook, sleep, hike, or survive in the outdoors, the outdoor trip was a disaster for the first graders.
7. Knowing little about how to cook, sleep, hike, or survive in the outdoors, the first graders made the outdoor trip a disaster.
8. To write effectively without errors in usage, composition, and form, practice is essential.
8. To write effectively without errors in usage, composition, and form, one must practice.
9. Before setting out for our solo trip in the Utah desert and before we left out last water source we replenished our water supply.
9. Before setting out for our solo trip in the Utah desert and before we left out last water source, we replenished our water supply.
10. After fishing for hours with a dry fly that got stuck in the trees and my back I switched to a worm and caught fish.
10. After fishing for hours with a dry fly that got stuck in the trees and my back, I switched to a worm and caught fish.
11. With unprecedented simplicity, Ernest Hemingway changed prose irrevocably.
11. With unprecedented simplicity Ernest Hemingway changed prose irrevocably.
NO COMMA NEEDED. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS SHORT.
12. As he creates his argument about the desire to escape from reality for a while and return to reality renewed Robert Frost writes, "May no fate willfully misunderstand me and snatch me away not to return / Earth's the right place for love / I don't know where it's likely to go better." (lines 111-113)
12. As he creates his argument about the desire to escape from reality for a while and return to reality renewed, Robert Frost writes, "May no fate willfully misunderstand me and snatch me away not to return / Earth's the right place for love / I don't know where it's likely to go better." (lines 111-113)
13. Hoping to "make poetry new" and please the modernist audience's desire for simplicity, clarity and efficiency William Carlos Williams wrote poems about common events and common experiences in simple, concrete images.
13. Hoping to "make poetry new" and please the modernist audience's desire for simplicity, clarity and efficiency, William Carlos Williams wrote poems about common events and common experiences in simple, concrete images.
14. While Emerson and Thoreau celebrate the divine grandeur of nature as the embodiment of a beneficent spirit Melville explores the possibility that nature is a "mask" for the malevolent intentions of a vindictive God.
14. While Emerson and Thoreau celebrate the divine grandeur of nature as the embodiment of a beneficent spirit, Melville explores the possibility that nature is a "mask" for the malevolent intentions of a vindictive God.
15. Articulating the need for man to walk on his own volition in a place unencumbered by machinery Henry Thoreau writes, "We can never have enough of nature." (Thoreau 123)
15. Articulating the need for man to walk on his own volition in a place unencumbered by machinery, Henry Thoreau writes, "We can never have enough of nature." (Thoreau 123)