{"id":236,"date":"2016-12-31T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga104\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2016-12-31T04:03:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T04:03:11","slug":"shaping-up-your-sentences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga104\/learning-pathways\/polishing-your-sentences\/shaping-up-your-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaping up your sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Practice your sentence knowledge<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Startup-594090_1920.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/2\/2e\/Startup-594090_1920.jpg\/300px-Startup-594090_1920.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Pratice and share<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now that you know a lot more about what constitutes a proper sentence and how to avoid the many pitfalls of the English language, complete the exercises at the end of <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_writing-for-success\/s06-08-writing-basics-end-of-chapter-.html\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/b> of the <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_writing-for-success\/index.html\">Writing for success<\/a><\/b> course.\n<\/p>\n<p>Share your results with your classmates by writing a blog post. 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