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3. The sky was clear.
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4. Why don’t we play a board game?
5. The hotel lacked all but the barest necessities.
6. More people attended this year’s home show.
7. Joe missed his cue.
8. You’ll have to replace that pitcher.
9. That clarinetist is my sister.
10. Someday I’d like to visit Aberdeen, Scotland.
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 Exercise 3
Read the two italicized sentences. Using these sentences, write at least one example
of the word, phrase, or clause described. 
Our general policy is to give the customer whatever she wants.
Thinking of something special that I can do for each of my friends has been fun, but it has
taken a lot of my time.
1. possessive pronoun
2. adjective
3. noun
4. linking verb
5. infinitive phrase
6. gerund phrase
7. indirect object
8. preposition
9. complete subject
10. complete predicate
11. prepositional phrase
12. simple subject
13. simple predicate
14. infinitive
15. adjective clause
16. pronoun
17. predicate adjective
18. noun clause
19. conjunction