CORRECTLY REWRITE THESE SENTENCES/HOW TO USE APPOSITIVES

Appositive or apposition structure is used to modify another word in the sentence. It can be one of the best ways to build our sentences better. It can also define or describe a person, or thing. In these cases it can be in the form of a simplified adjective clause or verbal phrase. It often appears before the subject or after the word that it can clarify or emphasize. When several appositives go together, they are being obliged to be in varied form of structure to avoid redundance. Please remember that the appositive used to define subject have to be separated with a comma.

CORRECTLY REWRITE THESE SENTENCES AS BASED ON THEIR UNDERLINED ERRORS SAID IN PARENTHESES.

  1. Besides six major dams that have already been built in the upper river region in China, 11 others are planned in Laos and Cambodia. (Misused Conjunction)
  2. After over an hour trying to control the raging inferno, the fire was finally extinguished. (Dangling Modifiers)
  3. I was having lunch with my mother when I heard people screaming and we only just managed to take the motorbike out before the fire lost control. (Misused Tenses)
  4. The rescue team and those living nearby tried to carve a hole into the back of the kiosk in which Loan was trapped in an effort to save her. (Misused Words)
  5. Contestants spent around 20 minutes impressing the judges and introducing their creative designs to the audience. (Misused Punctuation)
  6. The building was made from recycled materials, thereby saving costs. (Misused  Punctuation)
  7. Myanmar’s balance of power, dominated for half a century by the army and its allies, appears poised to be redrawn. (Misused Punctuation and Words)
  8. Supporters remain anxious at how the army and its allies will respond to its mauling, with memories still keen of the 1990 election. (Misused Punctuation and Words)
  9. Analysts say difficult months lie ahead, with the army still in charge of key levers of power, protected by a constitution gifting it 25 percent of all parliamentary seats as well as key security posts. (Misused Punctuation and Words)
  10. The party says it has guided the country through the major economic and social reforms that led to Sunday’s election, which is believed to have seen a massive 80 percent voter turnout. (Misused Word and Repetition)

 

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