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According to Strunk, what is the correct way to punctuate this compound sentence?“Tony cooked dinner and I made the salad, but Mike just ate.”“Tony cooked dinner, and I made the salad, but Mike just ate.” “Tony cooked dinner, and I made the salad but Mike just ate.”

According to Strunk, what is the correct way to place an adverbial clause in this sentence?“While she walked to school, the dog kept barking at Megumi.”“The dog, while she walked to school, kept barking at Megumi.”“The dog kept barking at Megumi while she walked to school.”

The candidates debated as to whether the current policies were appropriate due to the fact that the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended. Compare your highlighting to the model. How many of the same highlights did you make? I made of the same highlights.

Replace the needless words with more appropriate choices.

The candidates debated as to whether the current policies were appropriate due to the fact that the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended. Replace the needless words with more appropriate choices. The candidates debated the current policies were appropriate the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended.

Use Strunk’s advice to make the second half of the sentence parallel.“the economy had changed, there were shifts in the population, and the war ended”“the economy had changed, and there were shifts in the population, and the war had ended”“the economy had changed, the population had shifted, and the war had ended”