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Editing and Revision Sentences Practice

Directions: Revise the following sentences as needed.

1. Which was on the same exact day.

2. You will then begin to start

3. Another example of prejudgment at my work is that is very common is when we have customers coming in with messed up food but have no receipt.

4. The amount of people

5. Being able to earn the privilege to . . . .

6. With teenagers they believe they’re invincible to the world.

7. There was a test put on for some students where they rated

8. You’ll see in most movies the “bad guy” tends to have

9. I worked a lot of hours in cold temperatures.

10. Each carton contained bottles of juice.

11. We were limited to two breaks and the half hour for lunch was not paid.

12. Late at night I don’t like walking out of stores to my car. After class I don’t like the parking lot.

13. The dirt on the floor and the graffiti on the walls can give a sense of danger.

14. I have to deal with lines that are long and people who are mean.

15. Fruits and vegetables are painted often by artists.

16. Antibiotics are used by doctors to treat infections.

17. She was our Spanish teacher. We were in High school. She was really tiny.

18. The dancer that I met was really tall and with a high class way about her.

19. George's wife is a woman who is unhappy because of the fact that George ignores her.

20. In this day and age, people are under the impression that it is important to express ideas in a concise manner.

21. Dark clouds gather over the mountains and these dark clouds gathering over the mountains indicate that a storm is approaching.