III: Reduced relative clauses (Participial Phrases) Rewrite these sentences changing the relative clause to a participial phrase.
1. The expression “test tube baby,” which refers to a baby whose existence began outside its mother’s body, is missleading.
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2. The doctors who developed the procedure called it “in vitro fertilization”.
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3. In the future, the process of in vitro fertilization will be perfected, which will allow hundreds of childless couples to become parents.
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4. Doctors in the United States, who are just now learning about the procedure, haven’t fully mastered the technique.
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5. In early 1981, doctors in the United States performed the procedure on a woman who wanted to have a child.
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6. The woman’s physicians, who didn’t know if they would be successful, would not release her name to the press.
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7. The technique of in vitro fertilization, which was developed by a team of British physicians, is very complex.
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8. An egg that is removed from the woman’s ovary is fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish.
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9. The procedure of in vitro fertilization, which is now being tried out in the United States, has created considerable controversy.
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10. Ethical questions that are being raised concern the increasing power of scientists to manipulate life.
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III: Reduced relative clauses (Participial Phrases) Rewrite these sentences changing the relative clause to a participial phrase.
1. The expression “test tube baby,” which refers to a baby whose existence began outside its mother’s body, is missleading.
The expression “test tube baby” referring to a baby whose existence began outside its mother’s body is missleading
2. The doctors who developed the procedure called it “in vitro fertilization”.
The doctors developing the procedure called it “in vitro fertilization”
3. In the future, the process of in vitro fertilization will be perfected, which will allow hundreds of childless couples to become parents.
In the future, the process of in vitro fertilization will be perfected, allowing hundreds of childless couples to become parents.
4. Doctors in the United States, who are just now learning about the procedure, haven’t fully mastered the technique.
Doctors in the United States learning about the procedure haven’t fully mastered the technique
5. In early 1981, doctors in the United States performed the procedure on a woman who wanted to have a child.
In early 1981, doctors in the United States performed the procedure on a woman wanting to have a child
6. The woman’s physicians, who didn’t know if they would be successful, would not release her name to the press.
The woman’s physicians not knowing if they would be successful would not release her name to the press
7. The technique of in vitro fertilization, which was developed by a team of British physicians, is very complex.
The technique of in vitro fertilization developed by a team of British physicians is very complex
8. An egg that is removed from the woman’s ovary is fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish.
An egg removed from the woman’s ovary is fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish
9. The procedure of in vitro fertilization, which is now being tried out in the United States, has created considerable controversy.
The procedure of in vitro fertilization being tried out in the United States has created considerable controversy
10. Ethical questions that are being raised concern the increasing power of scientists to manipulate life.
Ethical questions being raised concern the increasing power of scientists to manipulate life