By Edith Wasner
Designed for college students who're getting into neighborhood collage, in neighborhood university looking development to 4-year courses, looking to enhance abilities to fulfill path requisites, and academics in excessive schools/community faculties desiring a evaluation e-book for college students.
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38 CHAPTER 2 • LearningExpress Skill Builders –BASIC GRAMMAR– 8. (Accepted, excepted) by three schools, the graduate had a major decision to make. tences. If you do not own this book, write your answers on a separate piece of paper. 9. It was hard to see how many balls went (threw/ through) the net. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1) New York City is one of my favorite cities to visit. (2) The museums and art galleries are amazing. (3) Too big and too diverse to see all in one trip. So, I have been back many times.
1) Cigarette smoking should be banned from all public areas, it is a foul and disgusting habit. (2) It should be banned altogether, cigarettes are dangerous to both the smokers and the people near them. (3) Another reason to ban smoking is because it is disrespectful to others why would anyone deliberately want to show such disrespect cause anger and hostility when trying to enjoy a meal or performance? (4) As to why smokers smoke, it is still a mystery even to them. (5) Public areas are where people come to enjoy themselves; not to be bothered with cigarette smoke.
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