Identify the bolded phrases as independent (i) or dependent (d) clauses.
1.Synonymous words rarely have the same meaning because usage has defined differences.
2.The Old English word "handbook," for example, doesn't have quite the same meaning as the French derivative "manual," which is a synonym.
3. Although English may seem to be a largely borrowed language, its most frequently repeated words -- the pronouns, articles, conjunctions, and prepositions -- are largely Old English in derivation.
4. Because English has so many synonyms, choosing the appropriate word is not easy.
5. Better advice, according to William Hazlitt, is the principle that a person should choose "the best word in common use."
Identify the subject of each sentence by underlining it.
1.According to the law of demand, a negative relationship exists between the price of a good and the quantity demanded.
2. As long as other factors affecting demand do not change, the quantity demanded increases as the price is lowered.
3. As predicted by the law of demand, a reduction in price causes the quantity demanded to rise.
4. For the consumer, a decrease in price is like an increase in income because the price reduction frees income to buy more goods.
5. In 1984, the makers of M&M candy conducted an experiment that illustrates the law of demand.
6. In other words, when the price of a good falls, consumers tend to buy more of it.
7. In the stores where the company increased weight and held the price constant, effectively dropping the price to consumers, sales rose by 20 to 30 percent almost overnight.
8. Over a twelve-month test period, the price of M&Ms was held constant in 150 stores while the content weight of the candy was increased.
9. The quantity demanded is the amount of a good or service that we are willing and able to buy at the prevailing price.
10. When the price is held constant and the weight is increased, the price (per ounce) goes down.
Combine these clauses/sentences/fragments into one correct sentence. Use the space below.
1. Famous for their skill in architectural design and stonework. The Incas built extraordinary sacred structures, particularly the breathtaking Temple of the Sun.
2. Bingham believed that these ruins were the Inca empire's last capital. Known as "the lost city of the Incas."
3. Even though the Incas possessed advanced knowledge of engineering and expert stonework. They didn't have a written language.
4. In 1911 Professor Hiram Bingham of Yale University discovered Machu Picchu. An ancient, abandoned city high in the Peruvian Andes.
5. It may have been built as a fortress to protect the Incas from the conquering Spaniards or from neighboring tribes. Who repeatedly attacked the city.