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Merwin's 'For The Anniversary Of My Death'
In Grammar and Punctuation 11, you are learning about the rules of English grammar.
2. The Catholic schools give their students a holiday on Easter Monday.
3. The West is responsible for much of the world’s political turmoil.
4. Didn’t you know that Doctor Rimsky worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? [the full name of the organization is underlined]
5. The prime minister of Canada and Premier Clark of British Columbia were tired of hearing the song “Give It Up Now.”
6. The age of Aquarius is the era in which humankind takes control of the Earth.
7. One of Marshall McLuhan’s most important books is Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
8. Do you know w. s. Merwin’s poem “For the Anniversary of My Death” or Robert Duncan’s

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