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English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0073371689English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0073371689 Exercise 17
Underline the - ing fragment in each of the items that follow. Then make it a sentence by rewriting it, using the method described in parentheses.
EXAMPLE
A thunderstorm was brewing. A sudden breeze shot through the windows.
Driving the stuffiness out of the room.
(Add the fragment to the preceding sentence.)
A sudden breeze shot through the windows, driving the stuffiness out of the room.
(In the example, a comma is used to set off "driving the stuffiness out of the room," which is extra material placed at the end of the sentence.)
Establishing a research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey (1876). Edison set the standard for modern industrial research. (Add the fragment to the sentence that comes after it.)
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EXAMPLE
A thunderstorm was brewing. A sudden breeze shot through the windows.
Driving the stuffiness out of the room.
(Add the fragment to the preceding sentence.)
A sudden breeze shot through the windows, driving the stuffiness out of the room.
(In the example, a comma is used to set off "driving the stuffiness out of the room," which is extra material placed at the end of the sentence.)
Establishing a research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey (1876). Edison set the standard for modern industrial research. (Add the fragment to the sentence that comes after it.)
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English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan
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