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ACT English Difficulty: Foundational (27)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1348

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: Although the ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets were buried beneath meters of river silt for millennia they remained legible due to kiln-firing techniques.
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If a sentence starts with 'Although', 'Because', 'While', 'If', or 'When', look for a comma separating the dependent clause from the main subject.

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The sentence begins with a dependent adverbial clause ('Although the ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets were buried...'). A comma is required immediately following the introductory dependent clause before the main independent clause begins....

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