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AmgedIsmail Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Run-On Sentences
Each of the following is a run-on . Correct the run-on and identify the different types of clauses or phrases in each sentence:-
- I didn't know which job I wanted I was too confused to decide.
I didn't know which job I wanted.<< Is this an independent clause? ("which" is confusing me).
My answer will be:
- I didn't know which job I wanted. I was too confused to decide.
- Or/ I didn't know which job I wanted; I was to confused to decide.
- Or/ I didn't know which job I wanted because I was too confused to decide.
- I didn't know which job I wanted I was too confused to decide.
I didn't know which job I wanted.<< Is this an independent clause? ("which" is confusing me).
My answer will be:
- I didn't know which job I wanted. I was too confused to decide.
- Or/ I didn't know which job I wanted; I was to confused to decide.
- Or/ I didn't know which job I wanted because I was too confused to decide.
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All of your suggestions are grammatical. I'm not sure that you didn't know what job you wanted BECAUSE you were too confused. I think being confused was something to went along with the indicision, but wasn't the source of it.
- All of your suggestions are grammatical.
- I'm not sure that you didn't know what job you wanted BECAUSE you were too confused.
- I think being confused was something to went along with the indicision, but wasn't the source of it.
- Simple is almost always good, so your first suggestion is a good choice.
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All of your suggestions are grammatical. I'm not sure that you didn't know what job you wanted BECAUSE you were too confused. I think being confused was something to went along with the indicision, but wasn't the source of it.
Simple is almost always good, so your first suggestion is a good choice.
Simple is almost always good, so your first suggestion is a good choice.
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?Which one?
Two different independent clauses and a full stop between them?
Two different independent clauses and a full stop between them?
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Yes, the one with the full stop is my first choice.
But all of them are grammatical.
But all of them are grammatical.
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OK, can you help me with this one, please?
- The first state to ratify the US institution Delaware is rich in history.
Is it an appositive Phrase Delaware?
- The first state to ratify the US institution, Delaware, is rich in history.
Part of the independent clause, Appositive Phrase,
- The first state to ratify the US institution Delaware is rich in history.
Is it an appositive Phrase Delaware?
- The first state to ratify the US institution, Delaware, is rich in history.
Part of the independent clause, Appositive Phrase,
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Note: Constitution.
The one in green is superior.
The one in brown is grammatical, but the subject should be "Delaware" with the "first state" information as extra information.
The one in blue is not grammatical. The "is rich in history" would be the main predicate, but it's separated from the subject phrase.
The one in green is superior.
The one in brown is grammatical, but the subject should be "Delaware" with the "first state" information as extra information.
The one in blue is not grammatical. The "is rich in history" would be the main predicate, but it's separated from the subject phrase.
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