Learner applies every subordination decision to unmarked text, where nothing says which fault is present.
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Twelve mixed cards. Two are already correct.
The chapter assembled, and why only three of the four have right answers.
1. Is there exactly one link word?
2. Does the link word match the relationship?
3. Is the comma right for the position?
4. Is the idea I want accepted in the main half?
✗ Although the scheme is popular, but it loses money.
Q1: two link words → delete one.
Q2: contrast, and although marks a contrast → correct.
Q3: fronted → the comma stays.
Q4: depends on whether you support the scheme.
Three gates and one fork with no signpost.
Three gates you either pass or do not. Then a fork nobody can mark for you.
Four chains. Answer the question before the repair.
1. Because the line opened late, so the first year's figures were poor.
How many link words?
The repair:
2. Cities grow because villages empty.
Reason, contrast, or at the same time?
The link word it needs:
3. The benefit is greater, although the cost is high.
Is the leaning half at the front or the end?
So the comma is:
4. Although the policy saves lives, it is expensive. You are arguing FOR the policy.
Which idea is in the main half?
Does that support your position?
Nine decisions across four faults. Three are already correct.
Position: city centres should be closed to private cars.
(1) Although congestion charges are unpopular, but they work. (2) Because traffic falls within weeks, drivers change their route quickly. (3) Although the schemes raise money they were not designed as taxes. (4) Cities grow because public transport improves. (5) Although closures help residents, they harm small shops. (6) Since the London charge began in 2003, traffic in the zone has stayed below its old level. (7) The benefit is clear, although the cost falls on drivers. (8) Prices rose and journeys fell, but the scheme survived. (9) Because the scheme is new, some problems remain.
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A position and four sentences, reported back by fault type.
Choose one:
Should employers be required to allow remote work? Should city centres be closed to private cars?
State your position in one sentence. Then write four sentences arguing for it.
Use at least two different link words. Do not open every sentence the same way.
One sentence.
Four sentences arguing for your position.
Name the question you forget most often.