English, 04.03.2020 05:48 josephrosanne18

Look at your rough draft. Copy the most awkward sentence you have written. Look up a way to change that sentence with an online source or by using a grammar or syntax manual, such as Tufte’s Artful Sentences. Explain why the original sentence was awkward.

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