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Practice with Colons*

1. The daily routine should include at least the following, twenty knee bends, fifty sit-ups, fifteen leg lifts, and five minutes of running in place.

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2. My roommate is guilty of two of the seven deadly sins. Gluttony and sloth.

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3. Faith is like love; It cannot be forced.

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4. Carl Sandburg once asked three important question--"Who paid for my freedom? What was the price? And am I somehow beholden?"

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5. Robin sorts the crabs into three groups; males, females, and crabs about to molt.

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*These practice exercises are from Diana Hacker's The Bedford Handbook, 5th edition: Instructor's Annotated Edition. Bedford Books: Boston, 1998: 460-63.

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