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Actually, I''ve been reading more these days to improve my command of the language. I realize one of my many weak areas is ability to construct long sentences, ones that contain more than one clause. This is actually a sentence I picked up from a news article and it turns out to be a bad...

Directions: From the copy of the article below, note that There are 9 dependent clauses or phrases numbered and bracketed.Cut and paste these onto your response.Label each with the abbreviation of its structure. Submission example: (1) it would save 851,000 tons of wood annually─enough to...

I saw the following sentence in an article. "The soldiers marched down the hill, determined to destroy the fortress." What kind of clause is "determined to destroy the fortress"? I feel like the clause is modifying the subject soldiers. Shouldn't the clause be placed...

Thanks, Clive. The base sentence is an excerpt from an article. There are still some lines before But ... I didn't quote them because I thought they wer irrelavant to my question. To make sure, does the comma indicate it's followed by the non-restrictive relative clause in the base...

Dear teachers , I read an article written in English on education , and I don't understand the noun " charges " in the sentence below: " Overcrowded classrooms also mean that students will have little chance to practise listening and speaking English. As Hanna Floyd says:...

Hi Clive, thanks a lot for a so detailed answer. I find myself benifit much from reading it. Here are two further questions: 1. Regarding the light green part in your answer, I doubt that "which" can be used in the subordinate clause. 2. Regarding the light blue and the dark blue...

Hi, The first step is finding which children need help. Professor Fuchs explains that the traditional way is to test students who are failing. But research shows that failure can lead to depression, and that can make improvement in school very difficult. Here are three questions: 1....

Hi, The individual we hire as systems programmer must have at least two years of on-the-job experience in writing programs. The reason that there's no article before systems programmer is the systems is plural, right? If it is system programmer then the clause would be as a system...

The individual we hire as systems programmer must have at least two years of on-the-job experience in writing programs. The reason that there's no article before systems programmer is the systems is plural, right? If it is system programmer then the clause would be as a system programmer,...

The tense in 'that' clause should follow that of the verb in the main clause. (except when you talk the truth like " The Earth goes around the Sun. )Ok.. then,(A) I told you that I don't eat fish.This (A) sentence is wrong?  Should I say " I told you that I didn't eat...