tailieunhanh - Writting good or well 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'writting good or well 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 218 Part IV All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons Time for some comparison shopping. Check out the following sentences. If the comparison is logical write correct in the blank. If the comparison is faulty rewrite the sentence in the space provided. Because some sentences may be corrected in more than one way your answer may differ from mine. Just be sure that your answers are logical. Q. The average pigeon is smarter than any animal in New York City. A. The average pigeon is smarter than any other animal in New York City. Pigeons are animals and pigeons flap all over New York. I ve even seen them on subway cars where they wait politely for the next stop before waddling onto the platform. Without the word other pigeons are smarter than themselves. Penalty box The insertion of other repairs the logic. 11. Despite the fact that they don t use Metrocards subway pigeons are no worse than any rider. 12. Spotting a pigeon waiting for the subway door to open is no odder than anything you see on an average day in New York. 13. On a midtown corner I once saw a woman shampooing her hair in the rain an experience that was more weirder than anything else I ve seen in my life. 14. Singing a shower song with a thick New York accent she appeared saner than city residents. 15. A tourist gawking through the window of a sightseeing bus was more surprised than New Yorkers on the street. 16. Is this story less believable than what you read in this book Chapter 17 Apples and Oranges Improper Comparisons 219 17. You may be surprised to know that it is more firmly fact-based than the material in this chapter. 18. Tourists to New York probably go home with stranger stories than visitors to big cities. 19. New Yorkers themselves of course make worse tourists than travelers from large metropolitan areas. 20. New Yorkers are more likely to become impatient than residents of small towns. Double Trouble A Sentence Containing More Than One Comparison Do you have trouble making