Sentence Revisions pp. 55- 92 Is the verb in the correct form? Unfortunately, when I throwed the baseball, it crashed through the window. Unfortunately,

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Sentence Revisions pp Is the verb in the correct form? Unfortunately, when I throwed the baseball, it crashed through the window. Unfortunately, when I threw the baseball, it crashed through the window.

Is the Following Sentence in Correct Form? One of the officials have my work visa. has So, the correct form is: One of the officials has my work visa. Both the subject and the verb have to agree.

In the Following Sentence, is the modifier clear? Looking for tax information, the IRS Web site is available to workers. So, the correct form of the sentence is: The IRS web site is available to workers looking for tax information. The modifier is now describing the web site.

Are the punctuations right in the following sentence, and is the spelling correct? My dads uncl isnt nice to anyone durin the holidaze and he talks with hiz moth full at thanxgivin. My dad’s uncle isn’t nice to anyone during the holidays, and he talks with his mouth full at Thanksgiving. So, the correct form of the sentence is: My dad’s uncle isn’t nice to anyone during the holidays and he talks with his mouth full at Thanksgiving. I added apostrophes, commas, and fixed the spelling of many words.