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Chapter Exercises



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Question 1.

Independent clauses are joined together by what?


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Question 2.

What is inappropriate coordination?


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Question 3.

After , before , and once are what?


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Question 4.

Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?


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Question 5.

When does inappropriate subordination occur?


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Question 6.

James is feeling ill; _________, he still made it to work.


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Question 7.

_________ I was hungry, I ate a sandwich.


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Question 8.

_________ she was tired, Mary ran two miles in the rain.


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Question 9.

To revise a sentence with excessive subordination, _________.


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Question 10.

_________ occurs when the more important clause has less emphasis.


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Question 11.

Because, since, and while are common marker words of _________.


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Question 12.

Independent clauses are joined together by _________.


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Question 13.

When a/an _________ clause is added to an independent clause to form a sentence, both clauses are described as coordinate.


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Question 14.

_________ occurs when too many equal clauses are strung together with coordinators.


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Question 15.

"These cars should not be driven off-road because when they do they have a tendency to roll over, and if they roll over then the driver can sue the automobile manufacturer." This problematic sentence is an example of _________.


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Question 16.




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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Question 17.




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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Question 18.
________ join two ideas by making one dependent on the other.


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Question 19.
Which of the following is not a coordinating conjunction?


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Question 20.
Which of the following surbordinating conjunctions conveys reason or cause?


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