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Interactions 2 Writing, 4/e
Cheryl Pavlik
Margaret Keenan Segal
The Media

Editing Practice

Edit and rewrite the following paragraph. Pay particular attention to:

  • who, what, when, where, how, why
  • restrictive relative clauses
  • nonrestrictive relative clauses
  • verb forms
  • passive voice
  • parts of speech
  • quotations
  • spelling
  • punctuation



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Thieves enter the Alfred High School over the weekend and was stole some things. The theft was discover when teachers were arrived at the school on Monday morning. The thieves apparently entered by a back window was left open by mistake. Head janitor, Jack Turpin said We are going to find out which left that window open." The school where was just opened two months ago did not have burglar alarms. "I don't know anyone which would do this," said principal Alice Lane. "The students whom go to this school would never try to rob it."









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