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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Comma- In ancient Egypt...

In ancient Egypt there were farmers along the river Nile, in Babylonia those on the Tigris Euphrates river system, in China sacred farmers along the Yangtze River, in India sugarcane farmers along the Ganges River.

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You can do this a couple of ways, but be sure your structure is parallel. [1] In ancient Egypt there were famers along the Nile, in Babylonia on the Tigris Euphrates river system, in China along the Yangtze, and in India along the Ganges River. [2] The examples could be separated by semi-colons (;), but each segment would need a subject and a verb.

— Philip

  • You can do this a couple of ways, but be sure your structure is parallel.
  • [1] In ancient Egypt there were famers along the Nile, in Babylonia on the Tigris Euphrates river system, in China along the Yangtze, and in India along the Ganges River.
  • [2] The examples could be separated by semi-colons (;), but each segment would need a subject and a verb.
  • [3] In ancient civilizations farmers settled along the major rivers: the Nile in Egypt, the Tigris-Euphrates system in Babylonia, the Yangtze in China, and the Ganges in India.
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You can do this a couple of ways, but be sure your structure is parallel.
[1] In ancient Egypt there were famers along the Nile, in Babylonia on the Tigris Euphrates river system, in China along the Yangtze, and in India along the Ganges River.

[2] The examples could be separated by semi-colons (;), but each segment would need a subject and a verb.

[3] In ancient civilization
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Philip[3] In ancient civilizations farmers settled along the major rivers: the Nile in Egypt, the Tigris-Euphrates system in Babylonia, the Yangtze in China, and the Ganges in India.
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I wrote the following with the assistance of *Philip's example above:

In ancient civilizations farmers settled along the major rivers: the Nile, Egypt; the
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