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Sunday, March 8, 2009

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE, Mar. 8, 2010

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after (not both) to the clause below: 

... this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday ...

1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

#1:
It's will be awesome this year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.
#2:
This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday while I am working outside of the city.
#3:
This year, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday and I will travel to Ireland to celebrate it.

Veronica Baig said...

DANIEL: #1--not a phrase:-( #2--good, #3--yes, but remember that you need a comma between those independent clauses.

Unknown said...

#1 correction:

A good day of drinking beer this year, St. Patrick's day, March 17th, falls on a Thursday.

Veronica Baig said...

DANIEL: Yes, but you need a comma after "beer";-)