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Improve the following statements. Supply missing words. Make sure that each construction and each sentence is complete.

1 When one year old, my mother died.

2 Yours received, and in reply would say your order has been filled.

3 While in there a man came in and bought a quarter's worth of soap.

4 War is largely dependent upon the engineers to design new machinery.

5 When you talk to a man look at him, not the floor or ceiling.

6 In writing a book, an author's first one is usually not very good.

7 Every summer while in high school, our family has gone to our cottage on Lake Michigan.

8 When a boy, Mary was my best friend.

9 There is, however, another reason a person should know how to swim.

10 I think more of her than anyone else.

11 Corrupt laws are often the means rich people obtain the earnings of others.

12 A hundred dollars invested in a warning signal, future accidents would be prevented.

13 Electric transmission is sometimes used on automobiles more of an experiment than anything else.

14 Was delighted to hear from you. Glad to hear you entered the wholesale business. Wish you success.

15 As a rule people eat too much. This point should be noticed, and not overwork the digestive organs.