Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after the clause below:
...today, September 22nd, is the first day of fall...
1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause
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2 comments:
1. Today, September 22nd, is the first day of fall in 2008.
2. Although the nice weather, today, September 22nd, is the first day of fall.
3. Today, September 22nd, is the first day of fall and unfortunately the winter will follow.
Richard: #1--this is just an adverb not a phrase; #2--you have made the whole "sentence" into a dependent clause; it has become a sentence fragment' #3--good--but remember the punctuation.
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