English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright

Exercise 7

Work with a partner to underline the missing-subject fragment in each item. Together, rewrite that part of the item needed to correct the fragment. Use one of the two methods of correction described above.

1.      I tried on an old suit hanging in our basement closet. And discovered, to my surprise, that it was too tight to button.

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2.       When Mary had a sore throat, friends told her to gargle with salt water. Or suck on an ice cube. The worst advice she got was to avoid swallowing.

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3.       One of my grade-school teachers abused us verbally. Also, seated us in rows from the brightest student to the dumbest. I can imagine the pain the student in the last seat must have felt.

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