College Composition / Unit 6 CMP 0137 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Changing Paths Midsentence
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The idea
Another mixed construction opens with a phrase that cannot serve as the subject and then uses it as one.
In practice
"By starting my classes early gave me time" fails, because a by phrase cannot be a subject; "Starting my classes early gave me time" or "By starting early, I had time" fits.
Where people slip
Fix either half, but make both halves agree.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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