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Dear Diary;
It has been another year with many twists and turns, all of which have worked out for the better. I have now fulfilled my goal of serving my city for 50 years, I can only hope to be as successful with the rest of my life as I have been thus far. There has been recent flooding, but it is to trivial a matter for me, so I shall allow the insurance personnel to worry about it. For this anniversary of service, I plan on throwing a party, one that shall be heard about for many years. I shall write more of my plans once they have been figured out. Until then....
Explanation:
A. Yes, you must turn off the radio. / No, you need not turn off the radio.
B. Yes, he will come to the prize giving. / No, he won’t come to the prize giving.
C. Yes, they want a lift from us. / No, they don’t want a lift from us.
D. Yes, I can write a report for you. / No, I can’t write a report for you.
E. Yes, you should visit him in the hospital. / No, you shouldn’t visit him in the hospital.
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A. "The Dallas Cowboys, who wore blue, were the worst football team in the league."
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Nonessential clauses are phrases within a sentence that are unnecessary and only provide additional information; however, the sentence could still work without the clause.
Identifying Nonessential Clauses
One of the best ways to identify a nonessential clause is to take it out of the sentence. If the sentence still makes sense, the clause was nonessential.
For example, the sentence, "The Dallas Cowboys were the worst football team in the league," still makes sense. You only lose a little information that was not needed to understand the sentence.
Comma Rules
Nonessential clauses are also known as interrupters. All interrupters need to be offset by commas. This means that there must be a comma before and after the interrupter. The only exception to this rule is if the interrupter is at the end of the sentence, so the period replaces the comma.
For example, "The movie had a great action scene, which was my favorite part." In this sentence, the interrupter is at the end, so there is only one comma.
We can use this information to answer this question. Only answer choice A has the clause offset by commas, so this clause must be nonessential.
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C: Using nature as a teacher.
