1:
- Original sentence: After placing an order for the book she had to wait another two weeks and again make that dreaded trek to the bookstore to pick it up.
- Problem: Run-on. Rule: Use punctuation to break up extremely long sentences when they run on too long.
- Solution: After placing an order for the book, she had to wait another two weeks and again make that dreaded trek to the bookstore to pick it up.
2:
- Original sentence: Less money spent on books would mean more money in our pocket, less time spent on finding, purchasing, and standing in line would mean more time to study.
- Problem: Comma Splice. Rule: Two independent clauses need to be joined together with either a period or a semicolon.
- Solution: Less money spent on books would mean more money in our pocket. Less time spent on finding, purchasing, and standing in line would mean more time to study.
- Original Sentence: The process of having to find, buy order and return books demands an incredible amount of time in a day.
- Problem: Comma. Rule: Always us a comma when breaking up listed items.
- Solution: The process of having to find, buy, order and return books demands an incredible amount of time in a day.
- Original Sentence: Having books online is more convenient, it makes it easier for students to access the material quickly.
- Problem: Colon. Rule: Always put a colon to break up two complete sentences when the second sentence describes the first.
- Solution: Having books online is more convenient: it makes it easier for students to access the material quickly.
- Original Sentence: Less time spent on finding, purchasing and having to stand in line would mean more time to study.
- Problem: Parallel Structure. Rule: Sentence elements that are alike in function should also be alike in construction. These elements should be in the same grammatical form so that they are parallel.
- Solution: Less time spent on finding, purchasing and standing in line would mean more time to study.
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