Exercise 15, Problem 8, Page 122
Original: Children have to learn to ask nicely instead of going around making demands.
Answer: Children have to learn to ask nicely instead of demanding.
Is there a better way to copyedit that sentence? For example, the sentence could have read: Children have to learn to ask nicely instead of make demands."
Also, what is the difference between pg., pp. and p. when indicating page(s)?
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Takashi brought this up after class last week, and I wanted to go over it this Friday. Your asking now gives me a chance to discuss it on our blog.
I don't think the textbook's solution to the problem is good. Other solutions are possible, and the one you suggest is preferable to the one in the texbook. Good job :)
You could also recast the sentence. Something like "Instead of making demands, children should learn how to ask nicely" would work.
Page is abbreviated "p.," and when you want to use the plural, you double the consonant: "pp." The same is true for manuscript and manuscripts: MS/MSS. And for line and lines: l./ll.
According to my computer's dictionary, "pg." is not an abbreviation for page.
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