2.9 & 2.10 homework

2.9
1. Gilligan was so charmed by the desert aisle, that he decided to marry the movie star.
2. Like that nice professor said, we should always study for our exams.
3. The cantaloupe-throwing contest was canceled, due to adverse weather.
4. Rushing to the scene of the crime, the attorney was horrified at the grizzly murder scene.
5. The criminal alluded police by hiding under a Toyota Corolla.
6. Faining illness, the President refused to make the trip to Tulsa.
7. Morgan cancelled the funeral service, after the dead man turned out to be alive.
8. Less than 100 pumpkins were piled in Smith's car.
9. Hurricane Bubba ravaged the Gulf Coast, causing $10 billion in damages.
10. The dancing troupe refused to buy their tights at wholesale.
11. The restaurant owners upped the price of rutabagas by 100 percent whenever Mark Arnold came to town.
12. The journalist's cannon of ethics prohibits taking gifts from sources.
13. Journalists should be guided by one principle: always be accurate.

2.10
1. The team, consisting of three boys and three girls, (has) a tough schedule this season.
2. None of the candidates (have) accepted the invitation to the forum.
3. The faculty (has) a meeting scheduled for this afternoon to discuss (their) grievances.
4. The drug he took and his lack of sleep (were) beginning to have an effect.
5. All of the students in the class tried hard to pass (their) final exam.
6. The neighborhood association had certain issues (they) wanted to address at the city council meeting.
7. Every journalist should try to write news stories that are as accurate as (he or she) can make them.
8. The U.S. Supreme Court normally begins (its) annual session on the first Monday of October.
9. Many of the people in the audience (see) this commercial and (react) negative to it.
10. Each parent had (their) own way of dealing with unruly children.

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