How is the comma used as an interrupter in this sentence?

Which of the following is true about signing the names of the months in ASL?

Ludmilka [50]

Answer:

The option that is true about signing the names of the months in ASL is:

D. If the month's name is longer than five letters, you spell out the first three letters.

Explanation:

In the US, as well as in parts of Mexico and Canada, American Sign Language is the main sign language of Deaf communities. When it comes to signing months, a simple rule is kept: if the name of the month has more than five letters, instead of spelling it all, only the first three letters are spelled. However, there is one exception to that rule: September. For this month, the first four letters are spelled.

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3 years ago

What genre uses narrative techniques to recount personal experience and development?

Vikki [24]

The answer is historical fiction

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3 years ago

Which of the following is not a purpose of political cartoons?

adoni [48]

Answer/Explanation: 0 to advertise a product

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3 years ago

1. +Find an example of the second conditional

romanna [79]

If + Past Simple, ...Would + Verb

We use a past verb though are imagining the present or the future to be different.

The second clause of subject + would + verb (conditional verb) is conditional to the first clause happening (or will only happen if the first part/clause happens).

Example: If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.

= It is unlikely that I will win the lottery, but I'm going to hypothetically imagine that I did win. In that situation I would travel around the world. So in order for me to travel around the world, I would need the first clause (the condition or situation) to happen, that is, for me to win the lottery first.

If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world. (Though I am unlikely to win the lottery)

If I knew his name, I would tell you.

If I didn't have a headache, I would go to the party.

If I became President, I would reduce the salaries of all politicians. (Though it is unlikely I will become President)

Notice how we use a comma after the past tense clause.

We can also reverse the order and use:

Conditional verb (would + verb) + If + Past Simple

I would be happy if I had more free time.

I would tell you the answer if I knew what it was.

There would be fewer accidents if everyone drove more carefully.

We would have a lot of money if we sold our house.

Would she come if I paid for her flight?

Would you accept the job if they offered it to you?

What would you do if you won the lottery?

What would you do if you saw a U.F.O?

Notice how the comma is not necessary with this word order.

If I were ...

Note that with the verb To Be we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE

The reason we use WERE instead of WAS is because the sentence is in the Subjunctive mood.

If I were not in debt, I would quit my job.

If he were taller, he'd be accepted into the team.

She would still be correcting my grammar if she were still alive.

Though in informal English, you will hear some people say If I was... If he was... etc. This usage doesn't sound good though unfortunately is common.

See our grammar notes about IF I WERE YOU...

Could in Second Conditional sentences

COULD can be used instead of WOULD to make the hypothetical present or future more likely.

If he trained every day, he could represent his country

If I had a little more money, I could buy a car.

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3 years ago

In the excerpt from reality is broken Jane McGonigal makes the claim that gamers are rejecting reality in favor of playing games

soldier1979 [14.2K]

Reading Jane McGonigal's article, we are presented with the argument that many people have preferred the virtual universe of games over reality, because the experience and expenses of the game are better than those of real life. To reinforce this argument, she shows that real life has been unsatisfactory in many ways and people have used games as an escapism, to participate in a world, where they feel satisfied and happy, where their needs are met. However, McGonigal says that this is something of concern, because it makes us close our eyes to real problems in humanity and uses the escapism of games to ignore them instead of solving them.

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4 years ago