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Bellringer 9/26 Choose the correct word and write a new sentence using the word not chosen. Please leave all the books on the shelf (accept, except) that one. The professor (complemented, complimented) Valeria on her proper use of commas and abbreviations. The men and women on the (council, counsel) voted in favor of an outdoor concert in their town.

Please leave all the books on the shelf (accept, except) that one. Bellringer 9/26 Choose the correct word and write a new sentence using the word not chosen. Please leave all the books on the shelf (accept, except) that one. The professor (complemented, complimented) Valeria on her proper use of commas and abbreviations.

Bellringer 9/27 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. The findings were based on the (principals, principles) of conservation from the study of arid land. (Its, It's) a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I have a headache, so I'm going to (lay, lie) down for a while.

Bellringer 9/27 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. The findings were based on the (principals, principles) of conservation from the study of arid land. (Its, It's) a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I have a headache, so I'm going to (lay, lie) down for a while.

Bellringer 9/28 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. (Their, There) goes my chance of winning the lottery! (Who, Whom) did he choose as his replacement? If you (lose, loose) that new lunchbox, it will discredit your trustworthiness.

Bellringer 9/28 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. (Their, There) goes my chance of winning the lottery! If you (lose, loose) that new lunchbox, it will discredit your trustworthiness.

Bellringer 9/29 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. Lack of sleep (affects, effects) the quality of your work. In a compromise with his political party, the governor announced his resignation in a speech given at the (capital, capitol) today. The new office building was built on the (cite, site) of a cemetery.

Bellringer 9/29 Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. Lack of sleep (affects, effects) the quality of your work. In a compromise with his political party, the governor announced his resignation in a speech given at the (capital, capitol) today.

Bellringer 11/6 I should eat (fewer, less) M&M’s. Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. I should eat (fewer, less) M&M’s. The professor made an (allusion, illusion) to Virginia Woolf's work. Madries wondered how Savanna, (that, who) is so smart, could be having difficulties in Calculus.

Bellringer 11/6 I should eat (fewer, less) M&M’s. Choose the correct word and write a sentence using the word not chosen. I should eat (fewer, less) M&M’s. Madries wondered how Savanna, (that, who) is so smart, could be having difficulties in Calculus.