3 : Read each passage and determine whether the terms of comparison are enough to clearly express the magnitude they describe. If not, say why not.

Twice as many people in that room vote Democrat as vote Republican, so the number of votes for Democrats must be high.

4 : Read each passage and determine whether the terms of comparison are enough to clearly express the magnitude they describe. If not, say why not.

Troop 53 must have sold a lot of popcorn since they sold more than the Veterans on Sunday.

5 : SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY

Read each of the following passages and decide whether it is ambiguous (i.e. whether there is more than one way of reading it). If the sentence is either obviously semantically ambiguous or syntactically ambiguous, say so. (Some sentences may seem both syntactically and semantically ambiguous.) Rewrite the passage so that it clearly expresses only one of the possible readings you see.

Mother to daughter: I won't consider your dresser to be clear enough until it has no glasses on it.

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6 : Read each of the following passages and decide whether it is ambiguous (i.e. whether there is more than one way of reading it). If the sentence is either obviously semantically ambiguous or syntactically ambiguous, say so. (Some sentences may seem both syntactically and semantically ambiguous.) Can you rewrite the passage so that it clearly expresses only one of the possible readings you see?

After Laurinda had been considered lost for over 2 hours she was found by the Eagle Scout.

7 : Given each of the following passages, give the group and individual reading of each.

Texans eat more barbecue than New Yorkers.

8 : Given each of the following passages, give the group and individual reading of each.

Republicans give more money to charities than Democrats.

9 : REWRITING IN GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

Read each of the following passages to determine whether or not you can rewrite any part of it with gender neutral language without changing what the author intended to communicate. Rewrite it.

When a doctor washes his hands he needs to wash up to his elbows.

10 : GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

Read each of the following passages to determine whether or not you can rewrite any part of it with gender neutral language without changing what the author intended to communicate. Rewrite it.

When an author finishes a piece to her satisfaction she turns it over to the editor.

11 GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

Read each of the following passages to determine whether or not you can rewrite any part of it with gender neutral language without changing what the author intended to communicate. Rewrite it.

Most men learn through imitation rather than through explanation.

12 : GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

Read each of the following passages to determine whether or not you can rewrite any part of it with gender neutral language without changing what the author intended to communicate. Rewrite it.

If a child comes to you for assistance with their homework, don't give him the answer. Instead, try to teach him the concepts he needs to solve the problem on his own.