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Demonstration: Taking care of the basics

Demonstration: Taking care of the basics

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Demonstration: Taking care of the basics

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- [Instructor] Okay, so let's see what we can spot here to correct in terms of the punctuation, the grammar, the spelling, and any typos. The first thing I'd do is I'd put a comma here. Now a chronic diabetes sufferer, the 30-year-old wishes. It just gives you that pause that's needed for introductory phases like, however, or to be sure, or whatever. Now a chronic diabetes sufferer, pause, the 30-year-old wishes he'd known that his sweet tooth was ruining his dream of becoming a world-famous athlete. Okay, the next thing. Thankfully, fellow Sri Lankans will be able to make smarter choices about how they quench their thirst, following new rules, that's okay. And I hope you noticed this. That will force beverage makers to reveal potentially hazardous sugar levels in soft drink. Soft drinks. From August 1st, all soft drink companies will have to smack a color code on their bottles showing... That's okay. The so-called traffic-light labeling system will help, that's okay as well, okay…

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