Creative Editing
Chapter 2
Exercise 10
10. Rewrite or edit the following sentences to correct misplaced or dangling modifiers and double negatives.
a. Police described the suspect as a burly, white, middle-aged male with brown hair and a beard, more than 6 feet tall.
b. Accused of making errors on telephone bills for the past four months, students living in residence halls will receive a refund from the phone company for long-distance calls.
c. AIDS in New York City is becoming the most common cause of death for women under the age of 35.
d. An anti-government coalition staged the protest march in an attempt to force the ouster of Panama's Gen. Manuel Noriega yesterday afternoon.
e. After training the tiger cub to walk on a leash, it could be used in the zoo director's presentations to schoolchildren.
f. Still searching for an incinerator site, a previously rejected location is getting a second look by the city council.
g. The baby kitten doesn't have scarcely any hair.
h. The jail is the first in the state to be operated by a private management firm that accommodates 100 inmates.
i. A Manchester woman, on the pretense of searching for someone, allowed a man to enter her home and was assaulted.
j. The zoo doesn't have but one gorilla, but the director says another one will be added next year.
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