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"Young female dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible"
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THEY is ambiguous
Could refer to dancers/gymnasts OR eating habits |
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"In 1860, the Philological Society launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than the world had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been born"
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...the Oxford English Dictionary WAS born
had been = past perfect progressive |
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We are concerned about his performance and also his behavior.
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remove ALSO
"we are concerned about his performance and his behavior: |
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indicates/considers
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do NOT use prepositions after these
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in contrast with/to
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in contrast TO
to - compares differences with- compares similarities |
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"Most citrus that reaches New York State comes from orchards in Florida, where it has been grown, harvested, concentrated, and frozen."
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where it IS grown, harvested,concentrated, and frozen...
(has been refers to a past event that occurred prior to another) |
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After he was sentenced to death, Socrates might have fled from Athens, but he refused to do it.
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...but he refused to do SO
"it" = ambiguous pronoun |
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Though he had success broadcasting his controversial radio program on highly regulated terrestrial airwaves, Howard Stern opted out of terrestrial broadcasting in favor of the less regulated satellite radio medium.
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Though he HAD had success
His success was event that occurred PRIOR to his opting out of 'terrestrial broadcasting' |
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During the past decade, the labor market in France has not been operating according to free market principles, instead it has been functioning in a stifled manner as a result of various government regulations that restrict the hiring and firing of workers
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Incorrectly separates to INDEPENDENT CLAUSES with a comma
Should be "free market principles; instead..." |
