As a new nation after the Revolutionary War‚ America’s prime interest was to maintain its independence from the more powerful European countries. Thus‚ its main foreign policy at the time became; limiting European attempts of further colonization of the Western Hemisphere. During this time our country spanned the continent and avoided all foreign entanglements. However‚ like most things‚ this “isolationist” policy slowly came to an end as the turn of the century approached. This new aggressive foreign
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Comma Usage Although women’s college basketball in Connecticut is a marvelously entertaining and increasingly popular sport‚ it is not hard to remember when it was not so popular. Only a few years ago‚ my friends and I could decide on a Sunday afternoon to go to a women’s basketball game at the University of Connecticut‚ and believe it or not‚ we could get seats for free near centre court. Of course‚ that was before names such as Rebecca Lobo‚ Jennifer Rizzotti‚ Kara Wolters‚ and Carla Berube
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Splice Movie Review The movie was about two rebellious scientists‚ Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast who had been achieving fame by slicing DNA’s of different animals to create new hyrid ones and futher decided to add human DNA. Since their company was not interested with such an experiment‚ they secretly did it. They injected human DNA to one of their creatures to see if conception was possible. Their experiment was a success‚ they named it Dren. It was a female. She began to grow and learn fast‚ so
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writing examination The comma could play an important role. Today we are going to learn to cook and bake kids. Perhaps! they play a very important role. As a child I learned one basic rule for the usage of commas- use it when you are not using period (.) Well ! I did try that as well‚ but it didn’t do any good either.So I thought of sharing with you a number of hacks that goes along well with your writing. Make a list This rule is the most basic one. Usage of commas for creating a list.
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When Do I Use A Comma? 1. Use commas before and‚ or‚ nor‚ for‚ so‚ yet‚ and but when they join two independent clauses. Ex. I placed the typed sheet on his desk‚ and he picked it up and read it slowly. I knew he was angry‚ for he rose and stomped out of the room. 2. Use commas between the items of a series. The man looked tired‚ thirsty‚ defeated‚ and sunburned. 3. Use commas between coordinate adjectives preceding a noun. A comma between two adjectives indicates that the two adjectives are
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Sentence Structure and Avoiding Run-on Sentences Sentence Structure Depending on the number and type of clauses they contain‚ sentences are classified as simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence contains only one independent clause. Without dancing‚ life would not be fun. A simple sentence can also contain compound elements (subject‚ verb‚ object). Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak. (compound verb) 2. Compound sentences
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conjunction (and‚ but‚ or‚ nor‚ so‚ yet). a. The game was over‚ but the crowd refused to leave. b. Today is her brother’s birthday‚ so she will treat him later as a birthday present. 2. Sets off adverbial clauses and phrases that begin or interrupt a sentence. a. I am‚ as you have probably noticed‚ very nervous about this. b. If I win the lottery‚ I will buy a castle. 3. Sets off transitional words and phrases (indeed‚ however) and words that introduce examples (for example‚ namely‚ such as). a
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Laboratory IE081L “Electrical Joints and Splices” Department 4: Manalo‚ Maria Isabel E. Rivera‚ Rachel Ann G. Berbano‚ Roy Emilino M. Rodriguez‚ Paul Andrew Trinos‚ Searle Submitted to: Engr. Gilda A. Aquino 1. Objective: To have knowledge and experience on how to Jointing and Splicing a Electrical Wire Gauge. To know the importance on why do we have to Splice an electrical wire gauge. 2. Materials Used: Electrical Wire
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In Pico Iyer’s essay “In Praise of The Humble Comma” examples‚ and comparisons to God‚ are used to convey to the audience the necessity for punctuation in the written language. The necessity can be broken down into two different needs‚ the first being the grammatical need‚ and the other being the emotional need‚ which will be discussed later. In the beginning of the essay Iyer compares the comma to the gods because they can both “give breath and take it away” (1). The gods are said to have created
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Directions: Eliminate all the run-on sentences. 1. They walked through the forest‚ twigs snapping beneath their feet an owl hooted a frog croaked the sounds of the woods were all around them. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. While sledding down the hill
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