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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Is this paragraph correctly composed?
We had a couple of incident reports. Medical reported an ergonomic problem, WIC reported a person slipping on a wet floor, DCHS had a person who tripped over a box.
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Two suggestions. Couple means two or, more loosely, few. Better to be accurate in this case.
- Two suggestions.
- Couple means two or, more loosely, few.
- Better to be accurate in this case.
- You have three incidents, say three (or say, a few).
- Don't use commas to join independent clauses.
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Two suggestions.
Couple means two or, more loosely, few. Better to be accurate in this case. You have three incidents, say three (or say, a few).
Don't use commas to join independent clauses. Either make each incident a sentence or use a semicolon to show that they are linked.
Here is how I would write it:
"We had three incident report
Couple means two or, more loosely, few. Better to be accurate in this case. You have three incidents, say three (or say, a few).
Don't use commas to join independent clauses. Either make each incident a sentence or use a semicolon to show that they are linked.
Here is how I would write it:
"We had three incident report
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