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EDITING and WRITING
Ex. 25. Observe how information is presented in the sentences in B. and complete 
the rules in A. Compare them with the Russian rules related to mechanics and style.
A.
a. In titles all main words are __________. Articles, prepositions, conjunctions and the like 
are not __________ unless they are the __________ or the __________ word of the title 
or consist of __________ or more letters.
b. All adjectives derived from proper nouns are __________.
c. Titles of longer/independent works (books, plays, magazines, films, etc.) are either 
__________ (when typed) or __________ (in writing). 

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d. For titles of newspapers, magazines or journals, an initial ‘the’ is __________or __________
even it is part of the title. 
e. Titles of shorter works (poems, songs, articles, etc.) are __________
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f. 
The author’s name is __________ unless reference is made to his/her __________.
B.
a.
And the Band Played On is a 1993 film that chronicles the early days of AIDS. 
b.
Human Happiness and Morality: A Brief Introduction to Ethics, among other 
things, contains answers to “What makes a right act right?”
c. Nicholas S. Bade, a Science reporter for the Washington Post asserts that religion might 
have an evolutionary basis. He suggests that religion evolved because it helped early 
hunter gatherers survive.
d. In his article “The Death of Intimacy” published in the Guardian newspaper, Martin 
Jacques claims that our self-centered, market-driven culture reduces people to commer-
cial objects to be used and discarded at whim.
e. The Met’s previous Tosca production, by the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, premiered in 
1985 and played in New York for over 20 years.
f.
Morality Among Nations: An Evolutionary View offers a pathbreaking synthesis of sociobi-
ology and international relations theory.
Ex. 26. Edit the following sentences bearing in mind the rules you revised in ex. 25. 
1. in the book conflict resolution through non-violence: science and ethics, the authors raise a 
number of important issues
2. 
Grounded in Dr. John F. Femartini’s inspirational teachings, The heart of love: how to go beyond 
fantasy to find true relationship helps you apply his philosophy and revolutionary understand-
ing of human behavior specifically to your situation.
3.
The art of getting by directed by Gavin Wiesen received negative critical reviews
4. S. Huntington’s essay “The clash of civilizations?” published in the “Foreign affairs” in 1993 con-
tinues to fascinate scholars from across the world.
Ex. 27. Edit the following extract from a review of a book by Sam Harris (Focus: 
mechanics and language accuracy). The number of mistakes is indicated in the 
right-hand column.
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In his last book, “The moral landscape”, S. Harris is concerned with the sorry state of 
moral 
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2
thinking among and religious and secular people in the west. While the first are 
convinced
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that moral truths are handed down from on high, the last are perpetually 
confused
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Rules c and d do not extend to legal documents, religious books (e.g., the Bible or the Koran) or parts of 
these works. 

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