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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

• An independent clause can be a sentence by itself. An independent
clause is another name for simple sentence.

• A dependent clause begins with a subordinator and cannot be a
sentence by itself.

3. There are subordinators that show time, reason, and place.

4. A complex sentence is one independent and at least one dependent
clause.

5. The comma rule for complex sentences with time clauses is as follows:
• When a dependent clause comes before an independent clause,

separate the clauses with a comma.
• When an independent clause comes before a dependent clause, do
not separate them with a comma.

Skill The following exercises will help you important skills you learned in prior
Sharpeners lessons.

EXERCISE 1 Add commas to the following paragraph wherever they are necessary.
comma

How to Make Scrambled Eggs
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1 Scrambled eggs are a quick and easy light meal. Yo u need two fresh eggs milk
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butter salt and pepper. You also need a mixing bowl a tablespoon a fork and a frying
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pan. First break the eggs into the bowl. Then add about three tablespoons of milk
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the salt and the pepper. Beat the mixture with a fork until it is well mixed. Next melt
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a small piece of butter in the frying pan over low heat. Pour the egg mixture into the
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pan and let it heat through. Then turn up the heat slightly. As the eggs cook push
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them around gently with the fork. When the scrambled eggs are done to perfection
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they should be light and fluffy. In just a few minutes you can sit down and enjoy
your delicious meal.

EXERCISE 2 Find and correct five errors in sentence structure in the fo llowing paragraph.
Sentence Look for fragments, comma splices, and run-ons.
Structure

A Traditional Hindu Wedding

1 A traditional Hindu wedding lasts all day and well into the night. On the day of the
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ceremony, one of the groom's brothers goes to the bride's home with gifts, these gifts

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