Test Your Knowledge
Each of the following sentences requires editing. Can you spot the problems? Click each statement to view an edited version.
1. The purpose of his work was explicit and revolutionary, he wanted to turn attention away from the mind and towards nature.
2. The fact that they had agreed to the conditions does not mean that their was no violation of the worker’s rights.
3. As MacFarquhar eloquently phrased it the best books might be better than the best television, but further down the pile the difference gets murkier (2010).
4. Today’s consumer is likely to be more sensitive to exaggerated advertising claims than was his counterpart fifty years ago.
5. James Robertson agrees that Stevenson raises significant problems that he cannot resolve with a single experiment.
6. Alliances and collaboration is important if the community is to gain the benefits offered by the program.