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Mixed Constructions

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  1. The older generation knows that in their younger days how irresponsible and immoral they were (W,156).
  2. Today it is increasingly hard to stay out of trouble in which our parents never came in contact with (W,156).
  3. In furthering my education here at the college by attending adult classes has been very interesting (W,156).
  4. Students know that in getting together to discuss a problem how (omit) they can avoid violence (B,447).
  5. I have no idea to speak about a subject.
  6. She wanted to buy some stamps, but she couldn't find a place where to buy them.
  7. The child discovers its own ways and rules to develop its language.
  8. An interesting subject stimulates to think about.
  9. One can only learn a colloquial language in the country where it is spoken, to be able to speak with the natives for a long time.
  10. Learning a foreign language begins to be able to read a label on a tomato can.
  11. If we had walked, we would have been home earlier than to go by car.
  12. I'd like him to stay working with us for another five years.
  13. People are becoming more and more afraid of strangers. This is a result of the increasing number of attacking and robbing old people.
  14. If one moves into the sentient, aware sense of intellectual self-development, here too are found barriers to attainment (B,442).
  15. The first step in hiking is (to get) comfortable shoes and light clothing (B,442).
  16. The abnormal psychology of a human being falls into two distinct divisions: the organic and the functional psychoses (B,442).
  17. Education is a major problem of migrant workers (W,159).
  18. The arguments presented in favor of parent-arranged marriages are financial security and social standing (W,159).
  19. The first step in writing is spelling and sentence structure (W,159).
  20. One example of the courage of a Peace Corps member is the tractor (W,159).
  21. Water is one of America's most pressing problems (W,159).
  22. The Dean's List is when you have a grade-point average of 3.5 or above (W,159).
  23. Courage is when you act brave even though you are scared (W,159).
  24. Sluice mining is where you use water to wash out the ore-bearing gravel and sand (W,159).
  25. Unemployed men constitute the lack of available jobs (W,159).
  26. The mass destruction of human life and property would take a terrible toll (W,159).
  27. My first reaction to being in a large English class seemed a little strange and different (W,159).
  28. The price of his election cost him the respect of his close friends (W,159).