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EXERCISE
in the margin indicatesa
Edit the following paragraphsto eliminaterun-on sentences.Eachrule number
Reference,SeventhEdiwriter's
problem and suggestsan effective method of revision.See section G6 of A
appearsin the back of
tion. The first revisionhas been done for you; a suggestedrevisionof this exercise
this book.
Not
Have you ever heard of the Wobbliesrdnefmany
people have these days. That's
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They
a shame they did at least two things for which they should be remembered.
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probably saved the labor movement in America, they definitely gave American folk
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got their
music some of its most unforgettable songs.No one really knows how they
nickname almost everyone knows a song or two that they inspired.
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(IWW)'
The Wobblies were the members of the Industrial Workers of the World
Wobblies
this union was a small but militant coalition of radical labor groups. The
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most
could not get along with the major union groups of the day, in fact, they alienated
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ofthose groups.
The major unions disliked the Wobblies immensely, nevertheless they learned
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some valuable lessons from them. The first Iesson was to avoid getting involved
it was
in politics. If there was one thing the wobblies hated more than capitalism,
political
politics. The Wobblies avoided politics for one good reason, they believed that
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they
affiliation caused the death of unions. What else did the major unions learn,
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new
Iearned to deal realistically with workers' problems. Major unions also learned
in
recruiting techniques from the wobblies. In addition, they copied the wobblies
devoting their energy to nuts-and-bolts issues affecting the workers.
The major unions never recognized their debt to the Wobblies, the debt was still
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labor
there for historians to see. Historians began to compile the story of the American
unions, then they finally recognized the contributions of the Wobblies'
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Date
G6-2 r Run-on sentences
EXERCISE
SeventhEdition'
To readaboutthis topic,seesectionG6 in A Writer'sReference,
the error,usingan effecone sentencein eachof the followingpairs is a run-onsentence.Find and correct
tive revision strategy.Mark the correct sentence"oK." Example:
a.
b.
AIthou6h
j;
not have been the first martyr of the labor movement, hervevet he was
Hili
-ay
certainlyitsmostskiltfulworkerwithwordsandmusic.
simply the
Before his arrest in lg14 for killing a grocer in Salt Lake City, Joe Hill was
him'
Swedish immigrant Joseph Hillstrom; no one knew or cared much about
1.
a.
OK
Hill's
Ralph Chaplin was the only person who wrote anything about Joe Hill before
sailor'
execution, he jotted down just a few notes based on an interview with a drunken
b.
Extensive historical research has not confirmed or denied those notes because
researchers have turned up quite different stories'
2.
a.
All the evidence introduced at Hill's trial was circumstantial;furthermore,
the dead
gunman.
man,s son. who had witnessed the murder, refused to identify Hill as the
b.Didthestatehideevidenceitcertainlyseemedthatway.
3.
a.
on the
One Wobbly told the police that he had been with Joe HiII in another location
night of the murder, he also told a detective he could prove Hill's innocence.
4.
b.
That man was promptly arrested and held in jail for the duration of the trial'
a.
At the end of the trial, the man was released and ordered to leave the state'
b.
as that
Hill's own attorneys did not do much to help him their attitude was as negative
of the Prosecutors.
E.
a.
were
Because of their negative attitude, Hill discharged both of the attorneys who
supposed to be defending him'
b.
said'
"I have three prosecutors here, I intend to get rid of two of them," he
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6.
a.
The state never showed a motive for the murder;furthermore,
much evidence that
Hill's attorneys could have used was never introduced.
b.
How did Hill get that bullet wound in his chest, he told the doctor he had gotten it in a
fight over a woman.
7.
a.
The doctor who treated Hill was not asked to testify about medical aspects of the case,
as a matter of fact, his testimony probably would have prevented Hill's conviction.
b.
8. a.
Protests about Hill's conviction came from all over the world, but they were ignored.
Important political figures tried to help Hill, hoping until the last minute that they
could save him.
b.
The Swedish consul pleaded for him, President Wilson sent telegrams to the governor of
Utah.
9.
a.
Legend has it that Hill's last words before the firing squad were "Don't mourn for me;
organize," in fact, he said, "Yes, aim! Let her go! Fire!"
b.
If Joe Hill is known at all today, it is probably because of Joe Glazer, his guitar, and the
song "Joe Hill."
10. a.
Glazer was not the composer of "Joe HiIl" its composers were EarI Robinson and Alfred
Hayes.
b.
GIazer, however, made the song known across America, singing it at banquets as well as
on picket lines.
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EXERCISE
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To readaboutthistopic,seesectionG6 in A Writer'sReference,
correct eachof the followingrun-on sentencesin the way you think
is most effective'Example:
eithen
Joe llill was not buried in Utah j he was not buried in Wyoming
1.
was secured for the
After Joe Hill's death, his body was sent to chicago, a large auditorium
funeral services.
2.
they jammed the streets as
More than thirty thousand people overflowed the auditorium,
they followed the funeral train to the cemetery'
3.
he was a true hero to
very few of these mourners knew Joe HiIl personally, nevertheless,
them.
4.
people mourned him too they
on that Thanksgiving Day of 1915, they knew that other
heard eulogies to him in nine different languages'
b.
they did, Joe Hill's name
Those mourners and thousands like them sang his songs,because
lived on.
6.
it is no wonder that he was
HiII's satirical, angry songs often had a surprising tenderness,
named poet laureate of the Wobbly movement'
7.
a prisoner'
In some ways, Joe Hill's death freed him, in other ways, he remains
8.
Joe Hill did get part of his deathbed wish, his body was cremated.
g.
put in thirty envelopes and sent
He was cremated at the cemetery afterward his ashes were
all over the world.
10.
it in 1918 for use in a
The IWW kept one envelope,the Department of Justice confiscated
is still "in prison'"
trial. since the envelope was never returned, part of Joe HiIl
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EXERCISE
Reviseeach run-on sentencein the following paragraphsusing the method of revisionsuggestedby the
rufe number in the margin. See section G6 of A Writer'sReference,SeventhEdition.The first sentencehas
been revisedfor you.
Although he
IIe nev-er calls them by name, John Steinbeck immortalizes the Wobblies in
The Grapes of Wrath.The novel is about the life of the Joad family. The Joads have
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lost their farm during the Depression, the family has come to California seeking work.
There is no permanent work for anyone, moreover, the money earned by picking crops
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is not enough to feed the familY.
Union organizers have talked to the workers about organizing and striking.
Tom, the oldest Joad son, has listened to them, however, he has not yet joined them.
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Tom is in hiding because he has accidentally killed a man in a fight. He spends aII
his daylight hours alone, he has lots of time to think about his family's situation. Tom
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becomes convinced that life is unfair for his people, he decides to leave the family, find
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the union men, and work with them'
He is inarticulate when he tries to explain to Ma what he hopes to do he
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gropes for words to express his frustration and his hope. Ma asks him how she will
know about him, she worries that he might get killed and she would not know. Tom's
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reassurances are almost mystical: "'Wherever they's a fight so hungfy people can eat,
I'll be there. . . . An'when our folks eat the stuffthey raise an' live in the houses they
build-why,
I'Il be there."
If Tom had had a copy of the wobblies"'little
red song book," he could have
found less mystical words. Every copy of the book contained the Wobblies'Preamble,
the first sentence in the Preamble was unmistakably clear "The working class and the
employing class have nothing in common." Tom would have understood those words he
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would have believed them, too.
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