Practice with Fragments*

1. As I stood in front of the microwave, I recalled my grandmother bending over her old black stove. And remembered what she taught me: that any food can have soul if you love the people you are cooking for.

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2. The resort was full of attractions. Three swimming pools, four restaurants, five bars, and every game imaginable, including a life-sized chess set.

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3. We need to stop believing myths about drinking. That strong black coffee will sober you up, for example, or that a cold shower will straighten you out.

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4. On Sundays, James scrupulously read the newspaper's employment listings. Scrutinizing every position that held even the remotest possibility.

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5. Sitting at a sidewalk café near the Sorbonne, I could pass as a French student. As long as I kept my mouth shut.

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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: 284-95.

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