No one is born with good writing skills. It takes time to learn proper writing techniques and a great deal of practice to improve your skills. Our exercises allow you to improve writing and grammar skills while rewriting real world English passages. The English passages included in this book are mostly workplace oriented. Therefore they are more suitable for working adults. Rewrite the passages as directed. One suggested answer is provided for each passage. As there is no 'best' way to write and rewrite (to be honest, there's simply no particular way), it is recommended that you try your best and rephrase or restructure the sentences as needed. You may write several different versions and then decide which one operates best for your purposes. We assume that your basic grammar is accurate and that you have a minimal level of skills writing and going into detail. You should be able to read and write basic information, and use individual words and phrases in familiar situations.

First published in 1918, William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style is a guide to writing in American English. The boolk outlines eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of 57 "words often misspelled". A later edition, enhanced by E B White, was named by Time magazine in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.

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