This is a writing activity that contains 17 flawed statements written by students. The directions are to "Rewrite each of the following statements, eliminating the casual, informal, unsophisticated style." This is a challenging activity that forces students to think critically about how to best revise each example. They quickly see that the examples do not make much sense, and at first, fixing them can seem almost impossible without knowing the author's intent. Often, the answer is to simplify a