B. is an independent clause and can make sense on its own.
C. can be removed from the sentence without hurting the meaning.
D. comes at the beginning of a sentence and should be separated from the main clause.
The correct answer is C. can be removed from the sentence without hurting the meaning.
A parenthetical statement is often found either in parentheses or is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. This is added information, which is not crucial to the meaning of the entire sentence. If it gets omitted, nothing is really changed.
For example: My friend, who is very beautiful, is standing there.
The phrase who is very beautiful is a parenthetical statement.
A parenthetical statement must be set off using commas because it always (C) can be removed from the sentence without hurting the meaning.
Because of this, the parenthetical element is often also referred to as 'added information'.
B. Jacob was a very smart boy.
C. Mr. Dodge moved in an extremely slow manner.
D. Lucy quickly hid behind the tree
The correct answer is option D: The men continued their acts of greed despite Odysseus's commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help.
This is the most effective paraphrase of the excerpt because it makes reference to the fact that Odysseus's men committed acts of greed ("Plunder we took ... My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine") despite Odysseus's commands to stop and return to the ship ('Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!') and it also mentions that the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help ("fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones").
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That girl is one _____ I believe will succeed.
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a. a. Michelson measured the speed of light in 1878.
Which word or phrase is the complete predicate?
A) the speed of light
B) physics teacher
a. a. Michelson
C) measured the speed of light in 1878
D) in 1878
Answer:
The correct option is letter C) measured the speed of light in 1878.
Explanation:
A predicate consists of a verb or a verb phrase that offers information about a subject. In other words, a predicate is everything in a structure (verb, objects, complements) that is not the subject. The subject is what the sentence is about, its topic. In the sentence "Michelson measured the speed of light in 1878," Michelson is the subject, the person this sentence is about. The rest of the sentence is the complete predicate:
measured - verb
the speed of light - object
in 1878 - adverbial phrase of time