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Think about how you would rewrite the following sentences according to the directions given, and then choose the best answer for each. Keep in mind...
Think about how you would rewrite the following sentences according to the directions given, and then choose the best answer for each. Keep in mind...
Think about how you would rewrite the following sentences according to the directions given, and then choose the best answer for each. Keep in mind...
TSI Writing: Flipping Sentences with Johnny Depp 12 Views
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Think about how you would rewrite the following sentences according to the directions given, and then choose the best answer for each. Keep in mind that your revision should not change the meaning of the original sentence.
Johnny Depp is primarily known for his acting career
Transcript
- 00:03
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- 00:06
johnny depp is primarily known for his acting career he
- 00:09
is also a guitarist and winemaker and also a whiner
- 00:14
But no one talks about that All right let's rewrite
- 00:16
it Johnny depp's primarily known for his acting career comma
Full Transcript
- 00:20
aren't one of the next words although he is or
- 00:23
however he is or butter in whatever the original sense
- 00:26
here starts with wild which sets up a situation of
- 00:30
contrast right while this then that on the one hand
- 00:33
johnny depp is primarily known as an actor and on
- 00:36
the other he's also known as a guitarist and winemaker
- 00:39
but is a coordinating conjunction and can come after a
- 00:42
comma when it's introducing an independent klaus what we're dealing
- 00:46
with a comma here people right there so but is
- 00:50
the best choice that's it it's see johnny depp's primarily
- 00:53
known for his acting career but he is also known
- 00:55
blah blah blah so two of the answer choices express
- 00:58
contrast we got however in but however however needs a
- 01:03
semicolon to separate it from the other independent claws right
- 01:06
So that's an egg and using and is grammatically correct
- 01:09
But it isn't the best choice because it doesn't denote
- 01:11
the contrast of depths acting career from his other unrelated
- 01:14
accomplishments Like indeed there's No evidence that he's an actor
- 01:17
in spite of being a guitarist and or a liner
- 01:20
as envy So that's it It's c But he is 00:01:24.083 --> [endTime] also shmoop
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