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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so

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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so on purpose.

(A) Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then

(B) Yesterday I fell down the stairs, I ,then

(C) I fell down the stairs yesterday, then I

(D) After I fell down the stairs yesterday; I

(E) Falling down the stairs yesterday; I
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Re: Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2021, 00:27
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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so on purpose.

(A) Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then Correct

(B) Yesterday I fell down the stairs, I ,then Incorrect

I uses between ',' is redundant

(C) I fell down the stairs yesterday, then I Incorrect

misplaced yesterday

(D) After I fell down the stairs yesterday; I Incorrect

run-on sentence - ',' require in place of ';'

(E) Falling down the stairs yesterday; I Incorrect

run-on sentence - ',' require in place of ';'
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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so [#permalink] New post   10 Feb 2021, 11:39
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Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then tried to act like I did so on purpose.

(A) Yesterday I fell down the stairs and then
Both activities are dependent. FANBOY is required as there is no other seperation. No remarks

(B) Yesterday I fell down the stairs, I ,then
Both activities are dependent. I is redundant.

(C) I fell down the stairs yesterday, then I
Same remarks as choice B

(D) After I fell down the stairs yesterday; I
Both clauses are dependant. Semicolon is used to seperate independent clauses

(E) Falling down the stairs yesterday; I
Semicolon is used to seperate independent clauses
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