Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott

Author:Rebecca Elliott [Elliott, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2012-01-17T16:03:10+00:00

Be careful not to overdo emphasis. Too little makes your writing dull, but too much makes your writing look silly.

Speaking of silly, check this out:

Holy cow! I could hardly believe how incredibly lucky

I was!! I played HARD this season, but I really didn't

expect to win (yes, win!!) the coveted f-r-o-p-fi-y.

What a surprise! I was in total awe . . . and I do

mean total, as in— wow! — mega-total.

A bit too much emphasis, don't you think?

BRAIN TICKLERS

Set # 12

Find the goofs in these sentences and correct them.

1. We moved to Tenn. from Va.

2. 1996 is the year I was born.

3. A football field is 100 yd. long.

4.I ate sixteen pizzas, 6 orders of fries, seventy-seven potato chips, and Vi a pecan pie.

5. There are 2 2-toed sloths in the zoo.

6. We live at sixty-four Elm Street.

7.I was born on December 27th, 1996.

8. Wow! SUPER DOOPER g!o!l!l!y! The chapter is over!!

(Answers are on page 155.)

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