Advanced Practice

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The following sentences are all grammatical in some varieties of English, but some of them are not grammatical in academic/formal English. Rewrite the sentences in the textboxes to make each sentence acceptable in academic/formal English, and remember that not every sentence will need revising. 

Please note, there may be multiple revision options although you will see only one option after you submit each response. Compare your revision to the one provided and determine if one is more effective.

You must respond to each question before the AGG response will be displayed. After you submit each response, you will see the AGG response, but you won’t be able to see your response until the end. After the quiz, you will be able to review the summary of responses including the original sentence, your own response and the AGG revision. This quiz has 8 questions.

Example: When about 500 students were surveyed by my group and I, we asked them if they identified themselves as feminists.

Revision: When about 500 students were surveyed by my group and me, we asked them if they identified themselves as feminists.

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