Writing Scavenger Hunt

Joseph Reagle

Complete or correct the following using our writing guide at https://reagle.org/wh

For example:

This relationship had already existed before Adobe purchased the company.

This relationship had already existed before Adobe purchased the company.

trim redundancies

  1. Balance: “Cross-training involves many exercises, such as running, swimming, and weights.”
  2. Punctuate: “Nearly everyone has heard of love at first sight but I fell in love from a distance.”
  3. Defragment: “The archaeologists work slowly. Examining and labeling hundreds of pottery shards.”
  4. Punctuate: “Curie discovered radium, and later applied her work on radioactivity to medicine.”
  5. Punctuate: “Along the wall are the bulk liquids sesame seed oil and honey”
  6. Usage: “My father continuously urges me to get a job.”
  7. APA: “In his 2012 book Rheingold said ‘be net smart’ on page 56”
  8. Punctuate: “He said, ‘Mary ran to the store’”

License

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