3. which of the following best illustrates a pair of sentences that are joined by an understood relationship?

a. luke put three dollars into the office football pool. he was looking forward to vacation.
b. i don't understand a word you said. have you taken a course in english literature?
c. it rained for ten days and ten nights. grandmother grady called a company to drill a well.
d. detective smiley scanned the dim hallway. he pulled his pistol from its holster.

student b

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10. choose the connective that belongs in the blank in the following sentence.

everyone appeared to be having a good time. my impressions may have been wrong.

a. of course
b. in fact
c. in other words
d. furthermore

student b

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13. which of the following is correct in regard to the use of formal english?

a. formal english is used more frequently in speaking than in writing.
b. in formal business correspondence, it's best keep the language impersonal.
c. contractions are considered acceptable in any document.
d. in formal english, we use words to say precisely what we mean.

student b

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15. which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier?

a. on the way to the bank, the interest rates went down.
b. the dog that is man's best friend is cat's worst enemy.
c. when the storm began to abate, we went home.
d. by the light of the moon, i tripped over a rock.

student d

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16. which of the following statements about connecting paragraphs is correct?

a. you can't state an idea in paragraph 2 that's related to an idea in paragraph 1.
b. you can use a pointing word that that refers to a word in the previous paragraph.
c. a good connection between two paragraphs is an implied transition.
d. two paragraphs may be joined by an action verb.

student c

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