Williams 6.1

These sentences have been rewritten so that the words at the end of the sentences are the most emphasized. The original sentence is first, the edited sentence is second.

1. The president's tendency to rewrite the constitution is the biggest danger to the nation, in my opinion, at least.

The biggest danger to the nation is the president's tendency to rewrite the constitution.

2. A new political philosophy that could affect our society well into the twenty-first century may emerge from these studies.

These studies may posit a new political philosophy that could affect our society well into the twenty-first century.

3. There are limited opportunities for faculty to work with individual students in large American colleges and universities.

In Large American colleges and Universities, the opportunities for faculty to work with individual students are limited.

4. Building suburban housing developments in floodplains has led to the existence of extensive and widespread flooding and economic disaster in parts of our country in recent years, it is now clear.

It is now clear that in recent years building suburban housing developments in floodplains in parts of our country has led to extensive and widespread flooding and economic disaster.

5. The teacher who makes an assignment of a long final term paper at the end of the semester and who then gives only a grade and nothing else such as a critical comment is a common object of complaint among students at the college level.

A common complaint among college students is the teacher who assigns a long final term paper and then gives only a grade and nothing else.

6. Renting textbooks rather than buying them for basic required courses such as mathematics, foreign languages, and English, whose textbooks do not go through yearly changes, is feasible, however, economically speaking.

However, economically speaking, renting textbooks for basic required courses whose textbooks do not go through yearly changes such as mathematics, foreign languages and English, is feasible.