... this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday ...
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE, Mar. 8, 2010
Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below:
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause
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2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause
Note:you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the archive in the side bar.
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7 comments:
1. It should be a beautiful day this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
2. It should be a beautiful day in March this year; St. Patrick's day, March 17th falls on a Thursday.
3. This year, St.Patrick's Day, March 17th falls on a Thursday, which makes it a nice day for a holiday.
1. Surprisingly this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
2. I am not sure why this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
3. I am loving this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
1. This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday, Only a day away from the weekend.
2. Celebrated on a Wednesday last year, This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
3. This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday; the Irish lady was disappointed she could not get the day off.
MARTHA:#1--not a phrase (subject--it--verb--should be).#2--you've changed the original independent clause--please keep it as is;-) #3--this is a dependent relative clause (notice 'which' the relative pronoun).
SAADAT: #1--a phrase is more than one word; #2--good; #3--Not an independent clause.
MAYA:#1--yes, but be careful with capitalization; #2--another capitalization problem; yes:-)
I can't believe I didn't see those capitalization errors. Sorry about that:
1. This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday, only a day away from the weekend.
2. Celebrated on a Wednesday last year, this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday
#1 Without any doubt, this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
#2 As I predicted to you,this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
#3 I am usually busy on thursday,this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
MAYA: You were probably concentrating on everything else;-)
UZMA: Yes--apart froma punctuation error in #3.
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