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The Writing Process
Ex 2-1 - Ex 4-1

Clarity
Ex 8-1 - Ex 18-3

Grammar
Ex 19-1 - Ex 28-1

ESL Grammar
Ex 29-1 - Ex 31-4

Punctuation
Ex 32-1 - Ex 39-1

Mechanics
Ex 40-1 - Ex 45-1

Argument
Ex 47-1

The Basics
Ex 61-1 - Ex 64-1

Answers to all Exercise Masters
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Clarity
The items below link to their respective PDFs.

Ex 8-1 Active verbs

Ex 9-1 Parallelism

Ex 10-1 Needed words

Ex 11-1 Mixed constructions

Ex 12-1 Misplaced or awkwardly placed modifiers

Ex 12-2 Dangling modifiers

Ex 13-1 Shifts in person and number

Ex 13-2 Shifts in verb tense

Ex 13-3 Distracting shifts

Ex 14-1 Choppy sentences

Ex 14-2 Subordination

Ex 14-3 Subordination

Ex 15-1 Sentence variety

Ex 16-1 Wordy sentences

Ex 17-1 Appropriate language

Ex 17-2 Sexist language

Ex 18-1 Misused words

Ex 18-2 Standard idioms

Ex 18-3 Clichés