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Answers for Sentence Problems

 

A. Parallelism

1.      Credit cards are accepted by department stores, airlines, and some gas stations.

2.      With credit cards, you can either pay your bill with one check, or stretch out you payments.

3.      Many people carry not only credit cards but also cash.

4.      Many people want neither to pay off their balance monthly nor pay [.1] interest.

5.      Not making any payment or sending only minimum payments every month is poor money management. 

 

B. Sentence Fragment

Women Drivers

 

Male chauvinism extends even into area of automobile driving, it seems. Believing that they are far better drivers than women, men drivers consider women drivers incompetent, inattentive, and even dangerous behind the wheel.

However, statistics prove that women are, in fact, safer drivers than men. For example, insurance rates for women are 20 percent lower than they are for men. Another proof is that more accidents are caused by male drivers between the ages of 18 and 25 than by any other group. Also, the greater percentages of accidents involving deaths are caused by the men. Although women are criticized for being too cautious, they are really just being safe drivers.

 

C. Run-on/Comma Splice 

1.      A newly arrived international student faces many problems. For example, he has to cope with a new culture. /¡¦..; for example, he has to cope with a new culture.

2.      New York is very cosmopolitan. There are people from many cultures and ethnic groups living there. /Because (Since) New York is very cosmopolitan, there are people from many cultures and ethnic groups living there. 

3.      Learning a new language is like learning to swim, so (for) it takes a lot of practice. 

4.      Ask for assistance at the reference desk in the library; there is always a librarian on duty.

5.       Skiing is a dangerous sport since you can easily break your leg or neck. (Since you can easily break your leg or neck, skiing is a dangerous sport.) 


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