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Please assist with checking my answers for accuracy. The course is GED 155 - English for Careers, Unit 4 writing assignment from California Coast University. Listed below is the sentences that need to be corrected with my corrections below. Thank you for your assistance.

Rewrite these sentences correcting the errors with danglers, parallel construction, comma splices, run-ons, misplaced parts, fragments, and choppy sentences.

a. Learning to sail is challenging and a thrill.

b. Marie is tall, slender, and a girl of great beauty.

c. Treatment consists of keeping the skin dry, don't go in the sun, and you should apply ?talcum several times a day.

d. I was in town today. I did some shopping. (Correct this one by beginning with a dependent ?conjunction.)

e. In order to check the bills carefully, all freight charges must be verified.

f. The lunch was packed in the picnic basket, which we ate quickly.

g. The potatoes were cooked by Lady Elspeth's maid in a large frying pan.

h. Craft unions are made up of skilled workers who do the same kind of work, for example, ?there is a craft union for plumbers.

i. When you try to impose reform in an environment where there's no central leadership.

j. After lying in the attic for five years, my grandfather finally repaired the chair.

Corrections:

a. Learning to sail is challenging and thrilling.

b. Marie is tall, slender, and beautiful.

c. Treatment consists of applying talcum several times-a-day, keeping the skin dry, and staying out of the sun.

d. Since I was in town today, I decided to do some shopping.

e. Check the bills carefully by verifying all freight charges.

f. We quickly ate the lunch that was packed in the picnic basket.

g. Lady Elspeth's maid cooks the potatoes in a large frying pan.

h. Craft Unions are made up of skilled workers from the same trade; for example, there is a craft union for Plumbers.

i. It is difficult to impose reform in an environment where there's no central leadership.

j. My grandfather finally repaired the chair that was in the attic for five-years.