Wednesday 6 P.M. class 2/25/09

1.After you have read the previous assignment on pages
675 and 217, read the page behind Page 5. of the Effective
Writing handout entitled "Reference of Pronouns." Next,
correct the sentences at the bottom of Page 5. of the handout.
You may write the corrections directly on the handout. We will
review in class any sentences that are not clear to you.
2. Read 226 [the handout incorrectly says page 257] "Avoid Excessive
Prepositions." Next, on Page 8. of the handout, correct the
paragraph ["The chairman of the board . . . .]by following the
given directions.
3. Read textbook page 238 "Be Specific and Concrete.
4. In the textbook, read "Make Negatives Positive" on pages 227-8.
Next, read handout pages 12 and 13 on "Negatives."
5. Read textbook page 504-5 "Use Parallel Phrasing" and pages
679-680 "Faulty Parallelism. Read textbook page 688 "Apostrophe
Indicating a Contraction."
6. Most of this day's assignment is reading. We will spend next
week correcting the sentences in the handout. You must read
these pages so that you can ask questions and be able to
do the exercises. Your test over this handout will be on
Wednesday 3/04/09.