Exercise 2
Read the following passage. Some sections are underlined. The underlined sections may be one of the following:
- Incomplete sentences
- Run-on sentences
- Correctly written sentences that should be combined
- Correctly written sentences that do not need to be rewritten
From the choices provided, select the best way to write each underlined section. If the underlined section needs no change, select the choice "Correct as is."
Can you imagine cowboys of the Old West quoting Shakespeare? It sounds strange, but it was not uncommon. (1) Throughout the nineteenth century, theater companies from the East headed West with Shakespeare's plays. To perform them for the people of the frontier. These plays were performed in a variety of settings and were quite popular. (2) Western audiences, however, were not used to watching plays, they didn't like to sit quietly. They would often yell suggestions to the actors in the middle of the show. (3) Some audience members threw money at good performers. Some audience members threw fruit and vegetables at bad performers.
1. Throughout the nineteenth century, theater companies from the East headed West with Shakespeare's plays. To perform them for the people of the frontier.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, theater companies from the East headed West with Shakespeare's plays, they wanted to perform them for people of the frontier.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, theater companies from the East headed West with Shakespeare's plays to perform them. For the people of the frontier.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, theater companies from the East headed West with Shakespeare's plays to perform them for the people of the frontier.
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Correct as is
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2. Western audiences, however, were not used to watching plays, they didn't like to sit quietly.
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Western audiences, however, were not used to watching plays. And didn't like to sit quietly.
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Western audiences, however, were not used to watching plays and didn't like to sit quietly.
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Western audiences, however, not used to watching plays. They didn't like to sit quietly to watch the plays.
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Correct as is
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3. Some audience members threw money at good performers. Some audience members threw fruit and vegetables at bad performers.
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Some audience members threw money, or other audience members threw fruit and vegetables at bad performers.
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Some audience members threw money at good performers, while others threw fruit and vegetables at bad performers.
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Some audience members and others threw money or fruit and vegetables.
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Some audience members threw money at good performers, because others threw fruit and vegetables at bad performers.
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