STYLE WORKOUT #4 

 

Select the most appropriate choice for a formal writing situation. 

 

1. ______ 

 

A. Businessmen all over the world will benefit. 

B. Individuals in business all over the world will benefit. 

 

2. ______ 

 

A. Mankind is better served with new technologies.  

B. Humankind is better served with new technologies. 

 

3. ______ 

 

A. Jennifer and Pam love the mall and they walk around it all the time. 

B. Jennifer and Pam love the mall, and they walk around it all the time. 

 

4. ______ 

 

A. Madame Curie is a wonderful physicist.  She is likely to win Noble prize. 

B. Madame Curie is a wonderful physicist.  Curie is likely to win the Noble 

prize.   

 

5. ______ 

 

A. Fruit, a wonderful and natural source of energy. 

B. Fruit is a wonderful and natural source of energy. 

 

6. ______ 

 

A. When I travel to work, I listen to the radio. 

B. When I travel to work listening to the radio, 

 

7. ______ 

 

A. It is a not a good idea to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm. 

B. Standing on a hilltop during a thunderstorm is a bad idea. 

 8.______ 

 

A. Soda actually has many medicinal properties.  It also has some other 

properties.  It can clean certain types of fabric most of the time. 

B.  Soda has many medicinal properties.  Soda has many other properties; 

for example, use soda to clean different types of fabric. 

 

9.______ 

 

A. Fireman have to train extensively to save lives.  

B. Firefighters have to train extensively to save lives.  

 

10.______ 

 

A. Kevin needs to stop being home alone. Perhaps he needs better 

parents. 

B. Kevin needs to stop being home alone, perhaps he needs better 

parents.