ACT ENGLISH NOTES Punctuation Rules COMMAS Use when… Use a comma with a coordinating conjunction to separate independent clauses within a sentence. Example: Jenny sings in the choir‚ and she plays the guitar in a rock band. Use a comma to separate elements that introduce and modify a sentence. Example: Yesterday‚ I painted the entire garage. Use a comma before and after a parenthetical expression. Parenthetical expression – a phrase that is inserted into a writer’s train of thought Example:
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EXEMPTION CLAUSES • An exemption clause is defined as: ‘a clause in a contract or a term in a notice which appears to exclude or restrict a liability or a legal duty which would otherwise arise’ (per Yates in 1982). Thus‚ an exemption clause in a contract is one that attempts to exclude or limit one party’s liability towards the other. • ‘Exemption clauses are an important feature of modern contracts…’ (per Downes) • An exemption clause can be of two kinds: A limitation clause: where
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that thing just the action is enough. Establishment Clause: Establishment Clause is a clause that is made to prevent Congress from favoring or giving one religion more important than another. An example of the establishment clause is not having prayer in school. Real life example of Establishment Clause is that government cannot make a church‚ temple‚ and mosques. Lemon Test: The Court had made Lemon Test determine when the establishment clause is
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Thomas Jefferson who was the Founder that drafted The Declaration of Independence written in 1776. The free exercise clause states that Congress may not stop you from holding any religious beliefs you choose or having no religious beliefs at all. Government may not unfairly or unreasonably limit your right to practice any religious beliefs you wish‚ this is called the free exercise clause. The anti-federalists refused to sign the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 if a Bill of Rights was not added
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matters within the terms of some power-granting clause of the Constitution. By adding the Necessary and Proper Clause‚ the Founding Fathers set the criteria for laws that‚ may not necessarily be within the terms of other grants‚ serve to make other federal powers effective. The necessary and proper clause may grant power to congress if it is deemed to reinforce the great powers outlined in the enumerated powers. Congress uses the “Necessary and Proper Clause” to expand its power over the government‚ but
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Mrs Yeung used it at home. Her eyes were injured. Advise Mrs Yeung of her legal position. In the above cases‚ as Mrs Yeung is dealing as a consumer‚ she can rely on the Sale of Goods Ordinance (Cap 26) (“SOGO”) and the Control of Exemption Clauses Ordinance (Cap 71) (“CECO”). With the cases explained‚ the water boiler was exploded‚ if there are no other evidences provided‚ Mrs.Yeung could rely on the (Cap26) (“SOGO”). Examining the terms of the agreement‚ “Where the seller sells goods
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Article IV‚ section 1‚ of the constitution‚ requires that states honor the public acts and judicial decisions that takes place in another state called the “full faith and credit clause”. For instance‚ if two people are married in Atlanta and it is regulated by the law Texas has to recognize them as married even though it was not initiated in Texas. All the same if a practice is against their beliefs the states are not required to recognize the marriage. The tenth amendment is known as the reserved
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The Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment‚ at least when it first began‚ had a procedural understanding in the Court. The Court identified the clause to protect intrusions of liberty by the States without the proper process of law (fair trial‚ jury of peers‚ etc.) The Court‚ in the transitional era‚ developed a new understanding of the Due Process clause. The question asked was no longer about the presence of the process‚ but about the validity of the law at its core. This new understanding‚
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War Guilt Clause The war guilt clause caused nationwide dishonour and embarrassment for the Germans‚ as they were forced to take the blame for beginning the war‚ despite the fact that it was not solely their fault. Germans that felt that the British and the French had equal influence on the cause of the war and therefore thought the clause was unfair and unjustified. The rest of Europe did not share the feelings that Germany had. They felt that the Clause was just‚ and that they had no part in causing
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in red called Santa Claus often results from the parents’ harmless lies of Santa’s existence. Once the kids are old enough to use logic and reason‚ they begin to question the inconsistencies of their childhood story and come to realize that Santa Clause doesn’t exist‚ thus altering their belief because the reality of Santa’s nonexistence has always been concealed. In Harper Lee’s debatable novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout and her brother Jem are exposed to many injustices of Maycomb through their
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