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Correct each of the following sentences by adding punctuation. Do not add or remove any words. The sentences can be divided by periods if necessary. 1. Pens papers and pencils all have been rendered obsolete by computers. 2. Some people love computers others would like to throw them against the nearest wall. 3. We need the following to survive learning a new computer system lots of coffee amazing patience and tranquillizers. 4. Whenever I have enough money saved up to buy a new system I try to buy one with lots of memory because I want my new system to last at least three years. 5. Yesterday in the bookstore I seriously considered buying HTML for Dummies a book written for new users even though I have purchased such books in the past and not found them useful. 6. Technical communicators need a variety of abilities effective writing skills knowledge of different software systems and good teamwork skills in order to succeed in their field. 7. Technical communicators often come into a company as lowly manual writers however they can move up the corporate ladder by assuming responsibility for project management tasks. 8. A great deal of research has been conducted on the relation between computers and writing skills the results suggest that computers do not in fact help a person to become a better writer although they do facilitate the revision process. 9. The same research however also suggests that combining computer skills with writing instruction causes higher retention rates in other words more students especially more at risk students stay in writing courses if they are also being taught computer skills. 10. New forms of punctuation have been emerging during the last decade including emoticons or faces composed of punctuation marks that are used to indicate emotions bullets or dots used to indicate items on a list and white space around sentences and paragraphs that is used to create a sense of order.

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1. This looks like you want people to do your homework for you. While I'd gladly answer any other decent question, I'm going to have to leave you hanging.
2. 1. Pens, papers, and pencils, all have been rendered obsolete by computers. 2. Some people love computers, others would like to throw them against the nearest wall. 3. We need the following to survive learning a new computer system: lots of coffee, amazing patience, and tranquillizers. 4. Whenever I have enough money saved up to buy a new system, I try to buy one with lots of memory because I want my new system to last at least three years. 5. Yesterday, in the bookstore, I seriously considered buying HTML for Dummies -- a book written for new users -- even though I have purchased such books in the past and not found them useful. 6. Technical communicators need a variety of abilities: effective writing skills, knowledge of different software systems, and good teamwork skills, in order to succeed in their field. 7. Technical communicators often come into a company as lowly manual writers, however, they can move up the corporate ladder by assuming responsibility for project management tasks. 8. A great deal of research has been conducted on the relation between computers and writing skills; the results suggest that computers do not in fact help a person to become a better writer, although, they do facilitate the revision process. 9. The same research however, also suggests that combining computer skills with writing instruction causes higher retention rates; in other words, more students -- especially more at risk students -- stay in writing courses if they are also being taught computer skills. 10. New forms of punctuation have been emerging during the last decade, including emoticons or faces composed of punctuation marks that are used to indicate emotions, bullets, or dots, used to indicate items on a list and white space around sentences, and paragraphs that is used to create a sense of order.