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Chapter 2: Are These Distinctions Worth Making?
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1"_____________ under a sun lamp is potentially dangerous," the dermatologist old the television audience.
A)Laying
B)Lying



2Academic advisers sometimes have a difficult time _____________ journalism majors to take a foreign language.
A)convincing
B)persuading



3The school superintendent said student editors _____________ publish their editorials without being censored.
A)can
B)may



4The summer interns are _____________ to get their first assignments.
A)eager
B)anxious



5_____________ they are inexperienced, the interns do not expect to get the best assignments.
A)Because
B)Since



6The advertising sales director is concerned about the _____________ of viewers the news program attracts.
A)amount
B)number



7Speaking _____________ his members, the union president reported the workers' concerns to the contract negotiators.
A)in behalf of
B)on behalf of



8The reporter _____________ the reluctant photographer to the city council meeting.
A)dragged
B)drug



9_____________ he liked taking pictures of exciting events, the photographer hated sitting through meetings.
A)Although
B)While



10Over time, mass communicators learn that going without adequate sleep is _____________.
A)unhealthy
B)unhealthful







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