![]() Here are some possible revisions for the sentences. Eventually, she sent the evaluation to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations. She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials. If we change “which she eventually” to “eventually, she,” we also turn the dependent clause into an independent clause. What about example three? Let’s look at the clause “Which she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations.” This is a dependent clause the word which signals this fact. The committee considered her ideas for a new marketing strategy quite powerful they were the best ideas that they had heard in years. By adding “they were” to the beginning of this phrase, we have turned the fragment into an independent clause, which can now stand on its own: The phrase “the best ideas they had heard in years” is simply a phrase-there is no verb contained in the phrase. Ivana appeared at the committee meeting last week and made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product. There is no subject in this phrase, so the easiest fix is to simply delete the period and combine the two statements: Let’s look at the phrase “And made a convincing presentation of her ideas about the new product” in example one. Which she eventually sent to her supervisor with the strongest of recommendations. ![]() She spent a full month evaluating his computer-based instructional materials.The best ideas that they had heard in years. ![]()
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