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Structure: Modifier, Clause 1 and Clause 2

by GeorgiaF924 Sun May 10, 2015 2:35 am

Dear instructor,

Here is a sentence similar to an OA of OG:

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Re: Structure: Modifier, Clause 1 and Clause 2

by RonPurewal Wed May 13, 2015 4:20 am

nope. sorry.
if you're going to do this... you need to change more than 2 words of the original sentence. (:

the point is that, if you want to 'mock up' an OG problem, you need to make enough changes to produce an authentically new and different sentence (albeit one that still contains the construction(s) you're asking about).

basically, here's the standard:
you work for GMAC. if you saw this sentence, would you think "hey! they stole that from the OG!"? if so, then, not acceptable here.