Sentence Fixing

Sentence Fixing

by Deleted user -
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Before: As a prostitute she is not viewed as an upstanding member of society and yet she is also accepted into society as long as she does not deviate from what is expected of her.

After: As a prostitute, fellow women in the community view Rahab as a threat to their so-called pure lives. Men on the other hand willingly accept Rahab into their lives, as long as she does not deviate from what is expected of her.

Before: The book of Matthew that Rahab is present in is about faith.

After: The book of Matthew Rahab appears in is about faith.

Before: The postcolonial interpretation of Rahab can be seen in Musa Dube's writing on Rahab.Dube coined the term Rahab's reading prism in postcolonial interpretation of the Bible.

After: Musa Dube studies the postcolonial interpretation through what she termed "Rahab's reading prism."

I can't really tell that this makes my writing that much easier to read. I do see where I have a lot of unnecessary words I can remove and make it less cluttered.  I like it better overall though. I tend to overuse be verbs and passive voice a lot. 

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Re: Sentence Fixing

by Deleted user -
Your second correction was maybe less important than the other two but I helped flow of the sentence more than the other two corrections. Overall these corrections, while not entirely necessary, give good depth to the sentence without being to wordy. Good job!