Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as I can see, to the doings of kings and sultans

and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, I want to tell you of

a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so

much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)

Which option identifies the context clue that would be most helpful in determining the meaning of the underlined word?

..remarkable not so much for... as for their senseless brutality...

...not to place too great a distance between us...

..even though things turned out well for him in the end...

by

..to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort;

the audience knows that nora is intentionally failing to dance correctly, but helmer doesnt

1.c

2.a

3.d

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.