Literature, Sociology & Grammar

(1) He looks frail, thin. (CS) Revised: He looks frail and thin. Sentence needed a conjunction added. (2) Almost vulnerable. (SF) Revised: He looks almost vulnerable. Sentence as written lacked a subject. (3) The baggy gray sweater I gave him for his birthday is loosely pulled around him like a cape his shoulders are stooped. (FS) Revised: The baggy gray sweater I have him for his birthday is loosely pulled around him like a cape. Sentence lacked a comma and a conjunction so was broken into two. (4) And he holds a book. (SF) Revised: His shoulders are stooped, and he holds a book. I added the second part of sentence three to the fragment in sentence four to make it a complete sentence. (5) There is a sound, however, in my father's voice it is a tone of tired strength. (CS) Revised: There is a sound in my father's voice; however, it is a tone of tired strength. The conjunctive adverb was not punctuated or positioned correctly. (6) We sit alone at the kitchen table only a few hours after the funeral. (FS) We sit alone at the kitchen table, only a few hours after the funeral. A comma was needed as it was a comma fused sentence. (7) "From day to day, we all must wear our painful experiences as a sing to others," he says with the vigor of pride and past victories, reading from the journal he's kept for the past fifty years, his constant companion. (FS) Revised: "From day to day, we all must wear our painful ex

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