ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos


TSI Videos 304 videos

TSI Writing: Revising a Letter by Adding Transitions
147 Views

Which is the best way to revise and combine sentences 1 and 2?

TSI Writing: Adding a New Sentence to Improve a Letter's Structure
27 Views

Where would the following sentence best be placed?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Best Introductory Transition
18 Views

Which of the following is best to insert at the beginning of sentence 8?

See All

TSI Writing: Correcting Comma Splices 3 Views


Share It!


Description:

Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

Dr. Siddartha is quite young, she is a graduate of Michigan State.


Transcript

00:03

Okay Yes i writing shmoop another sentence for your last

00:06

one in the section Dr siddhartha is quite young She

00:09

is a graduate of michigan state Yes but that gymnastics

00:13

dr rowe came from Maybe she survived Well smarty pants

00:17

If dr siddhartha is a smarter she sounds well she

00:21

won't like this sentence when there are two independent clauses

00:24

that aren't closely related While we can separate them into

00:27

two sentences with a period in a capital letter g

00:30

what do you know Dr siddhartha is quite young She

00:33

is a graduate of michigan state Yeah that sounds perfect

00:36

right Okay well loser bowl This sentence as is features

00:39

two independent clauses linked by a common so get rid

00:42

of a which is you know bad news bears otherwise

00:44

known as a comma supplies Inserting a conjunction would make

00:48

it seem like the two clauses are related and of

00:50

equal importance like in b and see which is not

00:53

the case Dr siddhartha may be young but graduating from

00:56

michigan state isn't closely related to this idea or american 00:01:01.697 --> [endTime] gymnastics anymore All right we're done

Related Videos

TSI Writing: Revising a Letter by Adding Transitions
147 Views

Which is the best way to revise and combine sentences 1 and 2?

TSI Writing: Adding a New Sentence to Improve a Letter's Structure
27 Views

Where would the following sentence best be placed?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Best Introductory Transition
18 Views

Which of the following is best to insert at the beginning of sentence 8?

TSI Writing: Shifting a Letter's Structure to Improve the Organzational Flow
8 Views

Which is the best location for sentence 9?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Most Effective Sentence Structure
15 Views

Which of the following sentences is best to insert between sentences 11 and 12?