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ImproprietiesA functional impropriety is the use of a word as the wrong part of speech. The wrong meaning for a word can also be impropriety. Mark improprieties in the following phrases and correct them in the blanks at the right. If you find none, write C in the blank. Example: (occupation) hazards -- occupational 1. reforming institution policies 2. percent aging students by grades 3. dead trees as inhabitants for birds 4. an initiate story about a young girl 5. a recurrence theme in literature 6. a wood chisel 7. a wood baseball bat 8. a frivolity conversation on the weather 9. a utopia hideaway of alpine villas 10. a utilize room complete with workbench 11. the unstable chemical compounds 12. the unschooled labor force 13. the vandals who rapined Rome 14. an erupting volcano crevassing the hills 15. criticism writing which is often abstract 16. abstracted beyond understanding 17. classified as an absorbent 18. a handwriting letter 19. banjoed their way to the top ten 20. a meander stream 21. hoboing across the country 22. holidayed the time away 23. the redirective coming from the officer 24. grain-fed slaughter cattle 25. ivy tendoned to the walls
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