Monday, April 5, 2010

Help your peers-feature story

Edit Your Peers

1. “I will take an Adderall if I know it's my last night of the weekend to party,” said Jake Grenz, a 21-year-old senior communications major.
2. said Panhellenic President, Elizabeth Boss
3. Mayor John Willaism, has seen the affects of the economic downturn in Omak, Wash.ington.
4. The program provides a seventeen dollar $17 stipend for farmers to end production of crops on their his or her land.
5. After visiting 8 eight banks, a loan officer at Wells Fargo approved Smith for a loan at five 5 percent.
6. Thus, on January 12, Sen.ator Tracy Eide (what party, what city?)  presented the Legislature with a proposal to make high ways safer.
7. Last spring, after an emergency-leave request for the semester, a physician diagnosed Vetter with an anxiety disorder.
-Last spring, after an emergengy-leave request for the semester, Vetter was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

Shorten the following sentences.

1. It is evident that sleep becomes less of a priority for many students.
Sleep is less of a priority for many students.
2. There is a new workout routine that is sweeping the country.
A new workout routine is sweeping the country.

Does this need attribution?

1. When you tell somebody not to do something they are going to want to do it even more.
yes
2. When finals week approaches for college students around the country, one word can be heard from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic: Adderall.
No, its a hyperbole.
3. Organized crime has nearly all control over unions and the concrete industry in New York.
yes
4. This new trend is taking hold in many areas across the nation, especially high population areas and college campuses.
no
5. Students do not stop to think of the consequences that might occur after a night of drinking.
not a good sentence

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