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Д. А. Крячков
UNIT III
EDITING and WRITING
Ex. 29. Observe how the sentences in B are punctuated and match them with 
diagrams in A. Formulate the rules. Compare them with their Russian counterparts.
A. 
B. 
1. 
Although I had been something of a star during seminary days, upon graduation I refused to 
play politics and accepted a simple country church. 
2. The foreign policy implications of religion are evident when it comes to Islam as well 
3. If 
religion 
really had the power to change people, all religious people would be beneficent 
and kind.
4. Partly on account of their educational brainwashing, many Saudis are avid consumers of anti-
Semitism. 
5. You won't teach your kids religion if you don't practice it. 
6. To a believer the Bible offers many proofs of God’s help at times when all hope seemed lost 
Ex. 30. Edit the following sentences bearing in mind the rules you revised in ex. 29 
and the previous unit. 
1. 
As the world becomes more religious religion will also likely alter relations in the traditional 
nation-state system. 
2. At a basic level religion will be an important factor in understanding the general foreign poli-
cy orientations of many countries. 
3. A new kind of world is in the making and the people, states, and religious communities that 
compose the global South are making it.
4. Avoid heated discussions about religion, if the topic comes up in the wrong place or at the 
wrong time.
5. The religious resurgence is not simply defined by the growth of fundamentalism, but is occur-
ring through a variety of renewed rituals and practices.
6. Religiously divided populations from Indonesia to Nigeria have clashed in recent years; and 
fresh Muslim-Christian conflicts are erupting in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. 
7. 
Although many conflicts are the result of politics, economics, and governmental mismanage-
ment religious ideas do matter. 
8. It's not easy to keep your faith, when things go horribly wrong.
9. While agreeing that the world had not yet fully learned to “rejoice in the richness of diversity” 
the representative of Norway pointed out that the practical steps needed for improved dia-
logue. Freedom of religion could not be achieved without freedom of speech and freedom of 
speech was a prerequisite for any valuable dialogue 

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