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A 'bone of contention', is the major cause of dispute or conflict between two or more people.
Explanation:
The phrase, 'bone of contention', is an idiomatic expression that designates a factor as the major cause of a conflict. An idiomatic expression is one whose meaning may not be easily deduced from the literal words used. The literal meaning of this phrase is a bit transparent from the words used. For example, contention gives the idea that there is a conflict.
An example of a statement, where the phrase, 'bone of contention' is used is this: Kelvins' property was the <em>bone of contention</em> among his children. In this instance, there is a conflict among Kelvins' children, and his property was the cause of the conflict.
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Lady Montagu introduced the inoculation <u>of smallpox</u> to Europe.
Explanation:
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that consists of a preposition, its object, and the words that modify the object. Prepositions are words used to connect other words within a sentence and express the relationship between them (e.g. space and time).
In the given sentence, a prepositional phrase can be introduced by changing the words<em> smallpox inoculation</em> into <em>inoculation of smallpox</em>. The preposition here is <em>of </em>and its object is <em>smallpox</em>.
Explanation:
Many of us are often taking communication for granted but communication is one of the most important things when it comes to exchanging information and feelings. There are 3 types of communication skills which are verbal(speaking), nonverbal(without words; body language, eye contact) and visual(graphic designs, films, typography).
For good communication, it is very important for us to listen and understand what the other side has to say. There are also many other skills, for example, emotion control or stress management. All three skills are having many differences and I think that the best way for communication is a verbal one. Verbal communication is better than nonverbal because people can sometimes express their feelings and thoughts only with words.
Also, I think that nonverbal is better than visual because the body language can say a lot in some moments which we cannot see through the, for example, graphic design. We have to listen to people with empathy and to understand what they are talking to us, then to respond appropriately and calmly, that is why one of the most important things of the communication is feedback. Trough history we had people who are communicating with other trough painting on caves and other objects.
Now, the most popular tool for communication is texting. Texting had made communication easier and quicker. If somebody doesn't want to or cannot speak some texts are also effective in many ways. Some of the researchers said that there are more than half of teenagers are texting every day and many of them are sending more than 100 texts per day.
The town was nearly empty because everyone was watching the championship on TV.
The best way to combine these sentences is to use the conjunction "because".
Last night after the washer broke and flooded the basement, it took us an hour to clean up.
Adding the word after creates a dependent clause which then must be connected to the independent clause to create on sentence.
A little white dog, which belonged to the neighbors, was sitting on the front door.
Changing the second sentence into an adjectival clause allows the two sentences to be combined.
Rosie wanted to go to the lake with us, but she got sick and couldn't go.
Adding a coordinating conjunction (but), allows for both of these sentences to be joined together as a compound sentence.
Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey, used to be called Constantinople.
By changing the first sentence into an appositive phrase, it allows for the sentences to be easily combined.