The answer is D.<span>Mariella and her sisters went to the movies, and as they sat down, Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones.
Compound-complex sentence at least has two independent sentence and one dependent sentence
</span><span>Mariella and her sisters went to the movies - independent
</span><span>and as they sat down, - dependent
</span><span>Mariella reminded her sisters to turn off their cellphones. - independent</span>
Answer:
an expert in the science of soil management and crop production.
First of all, it is important to define preposition phrase in order to find it in this sentence. We can say that "<span>a prepositional phrase will begin with a </span>preposition<span> and will end with a </span>noun<span>, </span>pronoun<span>, </span>gerund<span>, or </span>clause<span>, the "object" of the preposition"
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*In this case, we find UNTIL TODAY as the only prepositional phrase presented. until is the preposition and today is the noun.
This line has eight feet (1 feet = 1 syllable). The meter is tetrameter, because tetra means four, and 1 meter = 2 feet/syllables.