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1. Opener • As I was the last to leave I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. • As I was the last to leave, I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. • As I was the last to leave, I saw her sink down into her chair, and bury her head in her arms.

2. Closer • I ran along wondering what had come over her. • I ran along, wondering what had come over her. • I rand along, wondering, what had come over her.

3. Closer • Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above eye-level winking at me in the afternoon sun. • Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole, just above eye-level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. • Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above eye-level, winking at me in the afternoon sun.

4. Compound • My first impulse was to get [the gum] into my mouth as soon as possible but I remembered where I was. • My first impulse was to get [the gum] into my mouth, as soon as possible, but I remembered where I was. • My first impulse was to get [the gum] into my mouth as soon as possible, but I remembered where I was.

5. Interrupter • It was then, I suppose that Jem and I first began to part company. • It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company. • It was then I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company.

6. Compound • Tim Johnson was not much more than a speck in the distance but he was closer to us. • Tim Johnson was not much more than a speck, in the distance but he was closer to us. • Tim Johnson was not much more than a speck in the distance, but he was closer to us.

7. Compound • He could read two books to my one but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. • He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions. • He could read two books, to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions.

8. Opener/Serial • Inside the floating cloak he was tall thin and bony. • Inside the floating cloak, he was tall thin and bony. • Inside the floating cloak, he was tall, thin and bony. • Inside the floating cloak, he was tall, thin, and bony.

9. Interrupter • The impersonal operator of the machine could by wearing a special optical helmet gaze into the soul of the person whom he was pumping out. • The impersonal operator of the machine could, by wearing a special optical helmet gaze into the soul of the person whom he was pumping out. • The impersonal operator of the machine could, by wearing a special optical helmet, gaze into the soul of the person whom he was pumping out.

10. Interrupter • Louise made him think that his mother might have been like her at that age twenty years before in the nineteen-thirties. • Louise made him think that his mother might have been like her at that age, twenty years before in the nineteen-thirties. • Louise made him think that his mother might have been like her at that age, twenty years before, in the nineteen-thirties.

11. Compound • You should find it easier to forgive him for it was my eye that was hurt. • You should find it easier to forgive him for it, was my eye that was hurt. • You should find it easier to forgive him, for it was my eye that was hurt.