For each of the following sentences, write the correct word or expression from the pair in parentheses.
Parents should not permit their children to jump (in/into/in to) deep water if the children cannot swim

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On their doctor’s (advice/advise), many people keep physically fit by swimming.

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Johnny Weissmuller took the Australian crawl a step (farther/further), popularizing the front crawl.

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Frederick Cavill (emigrated/immigrated) to Australia and became that country’s leading swimming instructor.

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Cavill’s development of a stroke called the Australian crawl had a major (affect/effect) on the sport.

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Special parent-child swimming classes today (learn/teach) children to swim before they can walk

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During the floor exercises, a graceful gymnast may create the (allusion/illusion) of effort- less rolls, leaps, and jumps.

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A gymnast who is not feeling (all right/alright) will not be able to perform well.

The following sentences are based on passages from The Kitchen God’s Wife that are not reprinted in this textbook. Rewrite the sentences, correcting each misplaced modifier by shifting it or the term it modifies to a position that makes the meaning clearer. If a sentence contains no errors, write correct.
Bustling with servants, Winnie’s wealthy father owned an elegant Shanghai townhouse.

The following sentences are based on passages from The Kitchen God’s Wife that are not reprinted in this textbook. Rewrite the sentences, correcting each misplaced modifier by shifting it or the term it modifies to a position that makes the meaning clearer. If a sentence contains no errors, write correct.
Winnie took a long tour with her mother of Shanghai.

The following sentences are based on passages from The Kitchen God’s Wife that are not reprinted in this textbook. Rewrite the sentences, correcting each misplaced modifier by shifting it or the term it modifies to a position that makes the meaning clearer. If a sentence contains no errors, write correct.
She saw wonderful things, such as high-heeled shoes, crushed pearls, and a rare little fish going out with her mother one day.

For each of the following sentences, write the correct word or expression from the pair in parentheses.
As new strokes were developed, swimmers needed (fewer/less) seconds to cover a given distance.

On your paper, rewrite the following sentences, correcting the misplaced or dangling modifiers in each.
With appropriate training, folded figures of animals, fish, insects, birds, people, and flowers are now made all over the world.

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In the 1924 Olympics, free-style swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a record by swimming four hundred meters in (fewer/less) than five minutes.