English Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 21

Underline the three addition signals in the following paragraph.
I am opposed to state-supported lotteries for a number of reasons. First of all, by supporting lotteries, states are supporting gambling. I don't see anything morally wrong with gambling, but it is a known cause of suf­fering for many people who do it to excess. The state should be con­cerned with relieving suffering, not causing it. Another objection I have to state lotteries is the kind of advertising they do on television. The com­mercials promote the lotteries as an easy way to get rich. In fact, the odds against getting rich are astronomical. Last, the lotteries take advan­tage of the people who can least afford them. Studies have shown that people with lower incomes are more likely to play the lottery than peo­ple with higher incomes. This is the harshest reality of the lotteries: the state is encouraging people of limited means not to save their money but to throw it away on a state-supported pipe dream.