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ACT English 1.1 Sentence Structure
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ACT English: Sentence Structure Drill 1, Problem 1. Properly punctuating dependent clauses. 

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ACT English 5.3 Passage Drill
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ACT English: Passage Drill Drill 5, Problem 3. How would you correct the underlined segment, if at all?

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TSI Writing: Identifying Correct Sentence Structure 1 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.

First aired in October of 1951, I Love Lucy starred Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a married couple that constantly gets into hilarious scrapes.


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All right see writing shmoop for another sentence for us

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first aired in october of nineteen fifty one i love

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lucy starred lucille ball and desi are nez as a

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married couple that constantly gets into hilarious scrapes who but

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that's not even underlined Well we have to go with

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the best fix here in the underlined parts What we

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care about what we love lucy after all who hasn't

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worked on a conveyor belt with too many chocolates to

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wrap you remember that scene that's right there it's basically

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fighting a losing game Yeah well we happen to love

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this question teo It has all the ingredients for a

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grammatically correct sentence dependent clause comma and independent clause that

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completes the thought So it's a it's just fine adding

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however like inbee would change the meaning of the sentence

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while splitting and this puppy into two separate sentences like

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c would have you do doesn't give the pronoun it

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anything to refer tio and finally scrambling the words around

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dia's Well almost never a good idea So that's it 00:00:59.192 --> [endTime] way still love lucy

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