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1. Followed%by%a%MAIN%CLAUSE%%a%main%clause%has%a%subject%and%a%predicate%
The%school%has%one%goal:!to#train#students#to#be#responsible#and#functional.!
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2. Does%NOT%come%after%verbs%or%prepositions%
Two!critically!acclaimed!movies!directed!by!Steven!Spielberg!are:!
Schindlers#List!and!Saving#Private#Ryan.!
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3. Separate%two%parts%of%UNEQUAL%importance%%
a. Explanation!!
Soul%food%is%a%varied%cuisine:!it#includes#spicy#gumbos,#black>eyed#peas#and#
collard#greens.!
b. Series!
At%least%three%soul%food%dishes%are%familiar%to%most%Americans:!fried#
chicken,#ribs,#and#sweet#potato#pie.!!
c. !Appositive!
Soul!food!has!one!disadvantage:!fat.!
d. Long/Formal!Quotations!!
One!soul!food!chef!has!a!solution:!Soul!food!doesnt!have!to!be!greasy!to!
taste!good.!!Instead!of!using!ham!hocks!to!flavor!beans,!I!use!smoked!
turkey!wings.!!The!soulful,!smoky!taste!remains,!but!without!all!of!the!fat.!!

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1. There!are!at!least!three!soul!food!dishes!that!are!familiar!to!most!Americans!fried!chicken,!
barbecued!spare!ribs!and!sweet!potato!pie.!!!
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2. In!remote!areas!of!many!developing!countries,!simple!signs!mark!human!habitation!a!dirt!path,!a!
few!huts,!smoke!from!a!campfire.!!
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3. Oreos!have!one!disadvantage!fat.!!!
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4. In!the!builtCup!sections!of!industrialized!countries,!nature!is!all!but!obliterated!by!signs!of!human!
life!such!as!houses,!factories,!sky!scrapers!and!highways.!!!
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5. The!spectacle!makes!many!question!the!words!of!Ecclesiastes!1.4!One!Generation!passeth!away,!
and!another!cometh;!but!the!earth!abideth!forever.!
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6. Yet!many!scientists!see!the!future!differently!they!hold!that!human!beings!have!all!the!technology!
necessary!to!clean!up!the!earth!and!restore!the!cycles!of!nature.!
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7. Mix!the!ingredients!as!follows!sift!the!flour!and!salt!together,!add!the!milk,!and!slowly!beat!in!the!
egg!yolk.!!!!
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