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Title: Parenthetical Expressions & Nonrestrictive Clauses

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S5-L1

Explanation: Hello Students, time to practice and review the answers.

Description:

Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	For sports lovers, he became a semi-gods, for youth an icon, and sponsors a virtual money-spinner.
2	Clue	These are the elements in a sentence that are unessential to the sentence’s core meaning.
3	Hint	A semicolon should be used instead of a comma to join the two independent clauses.
4	Step:	Correct sentence	Option: B) For sports lovers, he became a semi-gods; for youth an icon, and sponsors a virtual money-spinner.

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Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

For sports lovers, he became a semi-gods, for youth an icon, and sponsors a virtual money-spinner.

Clue

These are the elements in a sentence that are unessential to the sentence’s core meaning.

Hint

A semicolon should be used instead of a comma to join the two independent clauses.

Step:

Correct sentence

Option: B) For sports lovers, he became a semi-gods; for youth an icon, and sponsors a virtual money-spinner.