Participial phrase = PP Infinitive Phrase = IP
A PP is a group of words introduced by a present participle (<em>ing form</em> as in <em>feeling tired</em><em>, they went home</em>) or past participle (<em>-ed form</em> in regular verbs or other forms in irregular verbs as in <em>the police have questioned anyone </em><em>found lurking near the house</em>. )
An IP is any group of words introduced by infinitival to as in<em> I want </em><em>to dance.</em>
All relevant parts are found between brackets [ ] and the kind of phrase, PP or IP, will be placed at the end of the sentence.
Julia withdrew money from each paycheck [to renovate her old and dingy bathroom.] IP
[Humming to himself], he appeared in good spirits as he walked to the office. PP
Audience members, [bored by the dull guest speaker], quickly lost their interest in the presentation. PP
[To become an expert archer], Natasha dedicated long days to repetitive target drills. IP
The movie featured an unknown actress [described as a rising star]. PP
[To gain admittance to Yale University] was Nicholas's top priority. IP
Tonight's gala event is an effort [to help raise money for natural-disaster relief.] IP
A, we didn't want to join the war unless we had to, in this case we were attacked so we declared war on Japan the next day
Answer:
3/12 as a decimal is 0.25
2/9 as a decimal is 0.2 repeated
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I think any relationship between the Indus Valley and the deep Dravidian south is unlikely because of the vast gap in space and time. About 2,000 years and 2,000 miles. But linguistically, if the Indus script is understood, we may hopefully find that the proto-Dravidian roots of the Harappa language and South Indian Dravidian languages are similar.