Dangling Modifiers

If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated.

Your answer:
1.

Dangling Modifiers
When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus.

Your answer:
2.

Predication
Our plans for tomorrow should begin today.

Your answer:
3.

Punctuating Sentences
The dinner party will begin at 8 o’clock sharp.

Your answer:
4.

Punctuating Sentences
Without a doubt, cramming for the test.

Your answer:
5.

Punctuating Sentences
He took the curve too sharply, it caused an accident.

Your answer:
6.

Punctuation—Colon
The ingredients for my favorite grilled sandwich are: peanut butter and bananas.

Your answer:
7.

Punctuation—Colon
Studying is exciting: find something about the subject that interests you, and resolve to become an expert.

Your answer:
8.

Punctuation—Dash
Pens come in all shapes—my favorite is an ergonomic one shaped like a wishbone.

Your answer:
9.

Punctuation—Hyphen
She ate two thirds of the pie in one sitting!

Your answer:
10.

Punctuation—Hyphen
The high rise building is located at 3114 Main Street.

Your answer:
11.

Punctuation—Parentheses
The blouse did not fit properly. (You will find it in this package.)

Your answer:
12.

Punctuation—Square Brackets
The article about American history stated, “The revolution began over a beer [during Prohibition] and ended with a bang.”

Your answer:
13.

Inclusive Language—Nonsexist Language

We need more manpower to finish the job on schedule.

Your answer:
14.

Inclusive Language—Nonracist and Nonagist Language

The woman who earned the award was a Negro from Louisiana.

Your answer:
15.

Inclusive Language—Nonracist and Nonagist Language

It seems that every Golden Ager is on the bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada.

Your answer:
16.

Inclusive Language—Talking about People with Disabilities and Disease

The blind people were downtown for a national conference.

Your answer:
17.

Inclusive Language—Talking about People with Disabilities and Disease

His sister is afflicted with polio and muscular dystrophy, so she is confined to a wheelchair.

Your answer:
18.

Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material
The mayors and their wives were invited on a tour of the state buildings.

Your answer:
19.

Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material

Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: “All men shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All men can attend school until they are 16 years of age.”

Your answer:
20.

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You should warm cold apple juice for your baby.
Eating fresh organges can often keep away the cold virus.
We should make our plans for tomarrow today.
Peanut-butter and bananas are the ingredients for my favorite grilled sandwich.

To correct the sentences:

1. To avoid the dangling modifier, you can rephrase the sentence as: "If your baby does not like cold apple juice, you should heat it."
2. To fix the dangling modifier, you can rephrase the sentence as: "Eating fresh oranges can often help keep away the cold virus."
3. The sentence does not require any corrections.
4. To punctuate the sentence correctly, you can add a comma after "sharp": "The dinner party will begin at 8 o'clock sharp."
5. The sentence is incomplete and lacks proper punctuation. To fix it, you can rephrase it as: "Without a doubt, cramming for the test is not recommended."
6. To connect the two independent clauses correctly, you can use a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction: "He took the curve too sharply, and it caused an accident."
7. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
8. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
9. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
10. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
11. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
12. To correct the sentence, you can remove the parentheses and rephrase it as: "The blouse, which you will find in this package, did not fit properly."
13. The sentence is punctuated correctly.
14. To use inclusive language and avoid sexist language, you can replace "manpower" with "workforce" or "personnel."
15. To use inclusive language and avoid racist language, you can replace "Negro" with "African American."
16. To use inclusive language and avoid agist language, you can replace "Golden Agers" with "seniors" or "older adults."
17. To use inclusive language and avoid ableist language, you can replace "blind people" with "visually impaired individuals."
18. To use inclusive language and avoid ableist language, you can replace "afflicted with" with "living with" or "has" in reference to disabilities or diseases.
19. The sentence is quoting from biased material, but it is not clear what bias is being referred to. The correction would depend on the intended correction.
20. The sentence is quoting from biased material, specifically referring to gender and age discrimination. To make it non-biased, you can rephrase it as: "Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: 'All individuals shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All individuals can attend school until they are 16 years of age.'"