Exercises

Directions: Copy and Paste. Following the example, rewrite the following rule violations. Copy the sentence and fix it below the problem sentence. This way you can see the problem and how it is fixed.

1. All of my friends from high school

has gone to different colleges.

2. There is problem students in every

school.

3. Describing a scene of a mower in a

field of grass, Robert Frost write, "There

never was a sound beside the wood but

one."

4. Having played three sports in college and high school, I learned that soccer and lacrosse is demanding.

5. The joys of running rivers, especially if one is a novice boater and new to the river, escapes me.

6. A group of tourists who completed the guided tour of the zoo and who refused to move when asked to step aside were blocking my view of the new polar bear cub.

7. Drew, who likes to run rapids blind, that is, without scouting, and Sean, who likes to look at the rapid first and pick his line, has become proficient at kayaking.

8. The Headmaster, along with the Upper School Director and the chair of the History Department, have decided to eliminate Ground Hog day as a school celebration.

9. Either the Headmaster or the English and History chairmen is angry at the student body for skipping school.

10. The circumlocution of his complicated and syntactically complex sentence structures are daunting and distracting.

Answers:

1. All of my friends from high school

has gone to different colleges.

1. All of my friends from high school

have gone to different colleges.

2. There is problem students in every

school.

2. There are problem students in every

school.

3. Describing a scene of a mower in a

field of grass, Robert Frost write, "There

never was a sound beside the wood but

one."

3. Describing a scene of a mower in a

field of grass, Robert Frost writes, "There

never was a sound beside the wood but

one."

4. Having played three sports in college and high school, I learned that soccer and lacrosse is demanding.

4. Having played three sports in college and high school, I learned that soccer and lacrosse are demanding.

5. The joys of running rivers, especially if one is a novice boater and new to the river, escapes me.

5. The joys of running rivers, especially if one is a novice boater and new to the river, escape me.

6. A group of tourists who completed the guided tour of the zoo and who refused to move when asked to step aside were blocking my view of the new polar bear cub.

6. A group of tourists who completed the guided tour of the zoo and who refused to move when asked to step aside was blocking my view of the new polar bear cub.

7. Drew, who likes to run rapids blind, that is, without scouting, and Sean, who likes to look at the rapid first and pick his line, has become proficient at kayaking.

7. Drew, who likes to run rapids blindly, that is, without scouting, and Sean, who likes to look at the rapid first and pick his line, have become proficient at kayaking.

8. The Headmaster, along with the Upper School Director and the chair of the History Department, have decided to eliminate Ground Hog day as a school celebration.

8. The Headmaster, along with the Upper School Director and the chair of the History Department, has decided to eliminate Ground Hog day as a school celebration.

9. Either the Headmaster or the English and History chairmen is angry at the student body for skipping school.

9. Either the Headmaster or the English and History chairmen is angry at the student body for skipping school.

10. The circumlocution of his complicated and syntactically complex sentence structures are daunting and distracting.

10. The circumlocution of his complicated and syntactically complex sentence structures is daunting and distracting.