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Addyaddy Posted 14 years ago
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It appears that with the growth of more trees, and with the resulting rise in level of ground water, the city's water problem may be addressed.
In the sentence above, the middle clause begins with and, but it is not a completely independent clause. it is a weak clause. Does this sentence have 2 subordinate clauses; The first one and the second one. Please tell me if I am right, if not, correct me
Please tell me if I have placed the commas correctly.
In the sentence above, the middle clause begins with and, but it is not a completely independent clause. it is a weak clause. Does this sentence have 2 subordinate clauses; The first one and the second one. Please tell me if I am right, if not, correct me
Please tell me if I have placed the commas correctly.
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and with the resulting rise in level of ground water, Do you mean the rising use of ground water? As stand, the above phrase is not semantically making sense. If my guess is correct, it should be: addyaddy It appears that with the growth of more trees [no comma] and the rising consumption of ground water, the city's water problem needs to be addressed.
- and with the resulting rise in level of ground water, Do you mean the rising use of ground water?
- As stand, the above phrase is not semantically making sense.
- If my guess is correct, it should be: addyaddy It appears that with the growth of more trees [no comma] and the rising consumption of ground water, the city's water problem needs to be addressed.
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addyaddy,
If my guess is correct, it should be:
addyaddy..............and with the resulting rise in level of ground water,Do you mean the rising use of ground water? As stand, the above phrase is not semantically making sense.
If my guess is correct, it should be:
addyaddyIt appears that with the growth of more trees [no comma] and the r
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The sentence has one dependent clause: it appears that with the growth of more trees.
Because it lacks a predicate, with the resulting rise in level of ground water is a phrase, not a clause.
Yes, the punctuation is fine. Still, the first comma could be discarded.
It appears that with the growth of more trees and the resulting rise in level of ground wat
Because it lacks a predicate, with the resulting rise in level of ground water is a phrase, not a clause.
Yes, the punctuation is fine. Still, the first comma could be discarded.
It appears that with the growth of more trees and the resulting rise in level of ground wat
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