English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 102

Identify the sentence-skills mistakes at the underlined spots in the paragraph that follows. From the box below, choose the letter that describes each mistake and mmujgm^ write it in the space provided. The same mistake may appear more than once.
a. fragment
b. run-on
c. mistake in subject-verb agreement
d. apostrophe mistake
e. faulty parallelism
Looking Out for Yourself
It's sad but true: "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will." For example, some people have a false idea about the power of a college
think that once they
the degree, the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact, nobody is likely be on their doorstep unless, through advance planning, they
prepared themselves for a career.
Even after a person has landed a job, however, a healthy amount of self-interest is needed. People who hide in corners or
to let others know about their skills
get promotions or raises.
important to take credit for a job well done, whether the job involves writing a report,
or calming down an angry customer. Also, people should feel free to ask the boss for a raise.
Those who look out for themselves get the
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who depend on others to help them along get left behind.
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