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im: How do you eliminate distracting police officer is often criticized for always being there when they aren't needed and never being there when they are. im: How do you eliminate distracting The master had told his slaves that all escape routes were blocked and that you would have no chance whatever at success. listener could not learn anything about escape routes from Douglass s stories because Douglass told them nothing that would endanger other fugitives. Dec 13 9:40 PM im: How do you eliminate distracting The master had told his slaves that all escape routes were blocked and that they would have no chance whatever at success. im: How do you eliminate distracting Pronouns ll pronouns and antecedents are in the same person. Listeners could not learn anything about escape routes from Douglass s stories because Douglass told them nothing that would endanger other fugitives. ll pronouns and antecedents are the same number. Singular Plural Dec 13 9:40 PM Dec 13 9:48 PM im: How do you eliminate distracting tense shifts? Turn to page 179 180. Imagine you and your table are editors working at a publishing company. Working with your table, edit the paragraphs in exercise 13 1 to eliminate distracting pronoun shifts. e prepared to "publish" your answers. Mar 4 7:29 M Dec 13 10:00 PM 3
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