EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses

EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses

In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.

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The city’s electoral commission adjusted the voting process so that every vote would count.

Possible revision:

Answer: so that every vote would count (adverb clause modifying adjusted)
EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The city’s electoral commission adjusted the voting process so that every vote would count.

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A marketing campaign that targets baby boomers may not appeal to young professionals.

Possible revision:

Answer: that targets baby boomers (adjective clause modifying campaign)
EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - A marketing campaign that targets baby boomers may not appeal to young professionals.

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After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815, no one realized that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America.

Possible revision:

Answer: After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815 (adverb clause modifying realized ); that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America (noun clause used as direct object of realized )
EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815, no one realized that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America.

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The concept of peak oil implies that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth.

Possible revision:

Answer: that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth (noun clause used as direct object of implies)
EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The concept of peak oil implies that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth.

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Details are easily overlooked when you are rushing.

Possible revision:

Answer: when you are rushing (adverb clause modifying are overlooked)
EXERCISE 48–10 Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Details are easily overlooked when you are rushing.

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