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Interactions Access Writing, 4/e
Pamela Hartmann, Los Angeles Unified School District
James Mentel, Los Angeles Unified School District
Men and Women

Editing Practice

Rewrite the paragraph. Look for mistakes in:

  • capitalization
  • punctuation
  • spelling
  • direct and indirect objects
  • simple past tense



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          I meet my housband in a very strange way I on the bus one morning. it was very crowded. Many people have to stand because there are no more seats, then an old woman got on the bus. I got up and give my seat her. When I stood up, I droped my glove but I no saw it. When I got off the bus, a young man get off too. he gave me my glove. I said thank you, sudenly he realized that he was at the wrong stop. There were no more buses for 30 minutes, so I bought a cup of coffee him. Six months later we get married.








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