Exercises

	Writing Handbook Exercises

Participials and Infinitives PART B : Constructing infinitive phrases example: Reduce the length of this sentence by beginning it with an infinitive phrase. If we want to ensure that the Canadian Forces will be able to meet its foreign and defence policy commitments in an unstable world, a formal defence policy review is needed now. *To ensure* that the Canadian Forces will be able to meet its foreign and defence policy commitments in an unstable world, a formal defence policy review is needed now.

6. Revise the bold-faced sentence to form an infinitive phrase beginning In order to, and join this phrase to the first sentence to create a single, concise sentence. The government must repudiate Canada's image as a "free-rider." The government introduced a new defence policy entitled Challenge and Commitment: A Defence Policy for Canada.


6. In order to repudiate Canada's image as a "free-rider," the government introduced a new defence policy entitled Challenge and Commitment: A Defence Policy for Canada.