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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.

A few of the athletes competing in the triathlon appearing to had crossed the finish line already.


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All right see writing shmoop er's Last sentence in this

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section A few of the athletes competing in the traveling

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appearing to had crossed the finish line Already this is

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a mess Answering this question requires playing a simple two

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parts subject and verb game the subject athlete as a

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compound predicated so it's all these words in there So

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the first part of the compound predicated is up here

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which matches the plural athletes right So it's a moving

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thing it's a set of elements that matches that word

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that athlete toward their second heart must be in the

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same tents is the first We've got to keep everything

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in the present tense right So you just say a

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few appear to have crossed the finish line already If

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you get stuck you khun just did a first thing

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in there and get rid of the athletes competing in

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the draft Ones got it Don't switch over to the

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past tense without a time machine and a and b

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there and remember to match the plural athletes with the

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plural up here not appears as in be so that's 00:01:08.396 --> [endTime] it we're shmoop were seeds bye

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