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(1) People |
worry.(2) |
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People |
worry |
about the future. |
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People |
worry |
about the future of the planet. |
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People |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live. |
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People |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live because
many species are disappearing. |
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People |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live
because many species are disappearing at an alarming rate. |
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People |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live
because many species, that were thought to be protected, are disappearing at an
alarming rate. |
Some |
people |
worry |
about the future. |
Although they are normally quite optimistic, (3) some |
people |
worry |
about the future of the planet. |
Although they are normally quite optimistic about
other things, some |
people |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live. |
Although they are normally quite optimistic, (5) and often unconcerned, (5)about other things,
some |
people |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live (4) because many species are disappearing. |
Although they are normally quite optimistic, and
often unconcerned, about other things (6) which affect their
existence, some |
people |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live
because many species are disappearing at an alarming rate. |
Although they are normally quite optimistic, and
often unconcerned, about other things which affect their existence just as much as the
issue of biodiversity, some |
people |
worry |
about the future of the planet on which we live
because many species, (7) that were thought to be protected, (7) are disappearing at an alarming rate. |
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independent clause
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(5) Comma between two parallel dependent clauses joined by
"and", "but" or "or"
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