Building Sentences
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Review: Sentence Usage

After reading the previous sections, decide whether the following sections are effective or ineffective sentences.


  1. Albert Einstein's famous quotation "God does not play dice" was his reaction to the disturbing theory that the universe is essentially the outcome of random events.

    1. This is an effective sentence
    2. This is not an effective sentence

  2. Racism should be unacceptable in American society by now, but every year the newspapers still report on racially-motivated attacks, questionable police shootings, and groups who actively promote the superiority of whites over blacks or blacks over whites.

    1. This is an effective sentence
    2. This is not an effective sentence

  3. The citizens of Kingston have gone too long without decent bicycle paths!

    1. This is an effective sentence
    2. This is not an effective sentence

 

Written by David Megginson

 

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