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• The following appeared in a memo from the president of a company that builds and sells new homes in Steel City.
  "Over the past five years, the population of Steel City has increased by more than 20 percent, and family incomes in Steel City have risen much faster than the national average....
• The following appeared in the letter to an editor of a Myrian newspaper.
  "Under Governor Winslow's leadership over the past four years, Myria has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity....
• The following was taken from a guide for aspiring writers.
  "New writers usually cannot convince large, prestigious publishers that their work is marketable, so they must first publish with smaller, less well-known presses to establish a sales record....
• The following appeared in a memo at the XYZ company.
  "When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating resum....
• The following was posted on an Internet real estate discussion site.
  "Of the two leading real estate firms in our town ....
• The following appeared in a health magazine. "It has long been believed that getting at least eight hours of sleep a night is good for health.
  But a recent six-year study of adult sleeping habits found that people who reported sleeping eight or more hours a night had a higher rate of certain health problems than did those who reported sleeping seven hours a night....
• The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
  "The librarians in our town's school system have reported that the number of trips that our students make to their school library on a voluntary basis has decreased significantly in recent years....
• Blue City Highway had always been notorious for its tight curves and poor roadway visibility, and the accident rate there was generally very high.
  Last year the highway was redesigned to broaden the curves and improve roadway visibility....
• The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Humana College.
  "Last year the number of students who enrolled in long-distance degree programs at OmniU niversity increased by 50%....