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Please remember that Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend.Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend everywhere in the world, expect in the province of Saskatchewan.You better double check your alarm clock so you don't sleep in, because Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend.
Good try, Jess.However:Your first sentence does not include a phrase;your second sentence does not include a dependent clause (and has a serious typo); andyour third sentence does not include an independent clause (and misuses the comma).Can you correct these errors?
Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend, we must remember to change our clocks.When Daylight Savings Time begins next weekend ...We have to meet your parents for lunch tomorrow, we should remind them that Daylight Savings Time begins next weekend.
Good try, kri.However:your first sentence is a comma splice;your second sentence doesn't include an independent clause;and your third sentence is a comma splice.
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Please remember that Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend.
Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend everywhere in the world, expect in the province of Saskatchewan.
You better double check your alarm clock so you don't sleep in, because Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend.
Good try, Jess.
However:
Your first sentence does not include a phrase;
your second sentence does not include a dependent clause (and has a serious typo); and
your third sentence does not include an independent clause (and misuses the comma).
Can you correct these errors?
Daylight Saving Time begins next weekend, we must remember to change our clocks.
When Daylight Savings Time begins next weekend ...
We have to meet your parents for lunch tomorrow, we should remind them that Daylight Savings Time begins next weekend.
Good try, kri.
However:
your first sentence is a comma splice;
your second sentence doesn't include an independent clause;
and your third sentence is a comma splice.
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