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TSI Writing: Distinguishing Between Independent and Dependent Clauses 24 Views


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Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

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Okay sy writing shmoop er's Another sentence for you Many

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users want to download and save their favorite videos from

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websites so they can watch them later without an internet

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connection What's Wrong with that Well we hope these downloads

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include all the cat videos that todd loves so much

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that you know we've saved on Well as it turns

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out the senses actually just fine the way it is

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No common necessary The first half of the sentence Many

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blah blah websites like this part functions as an independent

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claws But the second eso blah blah blah connection is

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dependent right to have an independent married to a dependent

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and more specifically the subordinating conjunction so turns it into

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an adverb claws so no comma is necessary like b

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would have you do a semi colon A c doesn't

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work with a dependent clause and changing the subordinating conjunction

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to until changes the meaning of the whole sentence So

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you don't want that so that's it The answer is

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a and we're smoked and downloaded for offline use later

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