Revising & Editing Practice-Ms. Padrone ran her hardware store like a prison ward.

1. The following passages of a short story of the CAPITALIZED sections may include the following kinds of errors:

* lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement

* punctuation errors

* correctly written sentences that should be combined

* misplaced modifiers For each CAPITALIZED section, choose the revision that most improves the writing.

1. Ms. Padrone ran her hardware store like a prison ward. (1) THEIR rules were strict and unbending. "One sale item per customer," read one sign. "No layaways," read another. (2) "NO EXCEPTIONS." SAID Ms. Padrone.

1. A. Its

B. His

C. Her

D. Correct as is

2. A. "No exceptions", said

B. "No exceptions" said

C. "No exceptions, said

D. Correct as is