<p>^i didn't see your last post.</p>
<p>right it is a dependent clause, so you CAN'T separate it with 2 commas. </p>
<p>It has to be <em>swimmers rub grease on themselves not to keep warm as is commonly believed, ... blahblahbalh.</em></p>
<p>not <em>swimmers rub grease on themselves not to keep warm, as is commonly believed, ... blahblahbalh.</em></p>
<p>I am hungry, because I have not eaten today</p>
<p>is that incorrect?</p>
<p>Also, point out why you think <em>despite a common belief</em> does not flow. I honestly do not see it or hear it when i say it out loud.</p>
<p>Okay, you really need to learn what a dependent clause is...You DO understand that "despite a common belief" is also a dependent clause? And you do understand that a dependent clause is any clause that can not function on its own as a sentence...WOW</p>
<p>In that case, i admit it is correct, but it is because there are only 2 clauses in that sentence.</p>
<p>however:</p>
<p>"I am hungry, because I have not eaten today, so my grammar is not up to par"</p>
<p>would be incorrect.</p>
<p>do you see how the dependent clause cannot be separated by commas?</p>
<p>"I am hungry because I have not eaten today, so my grammar is not up to par"</p>
<p>would be correct</p>
<p>so is a coordinating conjunction...*** different issue</p>
<p>yes <em>despite a common belief</em> is also a dependent clause, but there is a reason why it's correct. Gimme a sec to type it.</p>
<p>"to keep warm, as is commonly believed" simply seperates the prepositional phrase "to keep warm" from the dependent clause "as is commonly believed"</p>
<p>is "but" a coordinating conjunction?</p>
<p>yes, but it's a different situation in each sentence...prep phrase, sub conjunction, dep clause, coor conjunction vs ind clause, sub conjunction, dep clause, coor conjunction</p>
<p>i don't think "to keep warm" is a prep phrase.</p>
<p>the sentence wouldn't make sense w/o "to keep warm", so it's not a prep phrase.</p>
<p>ok...........</p>
<p>Fake it like you matter--that's a lie we can both keep.</p>
<p>could you explain that a bit more? i don't know what ur trying to say.</p>
<p>what?! to keep warm is a prep phrase? hold on here. </p>
<p>over the rainbow is a prep phrase</p>
<p>I jumped over hte rainbow.</p>
<p>If you take away the prep phrasw, the sentence still makes sense.</p>
<p>to keep warm is not a prep phrase.</p>
<p>Swimmers rub grease on their bodies not</p>
<p>does not make sense.</p>
<p>If you didn't catch it, what i was saying is that you're wrong....because the PSAT would never test a rule that requires you to rearrange a sentence...and that we're right because both of those choices are grammatically correct, but our sentence gets "style points" on the PSAT.</p>
<p>i gave a present to you</p>
<p>in that case, "to you" is a prep phrase. it acts as an adverb describing "gave" (answers the question "to whom did i give?")</p>
<p>however, "to keep warm" is not the same. it does not act as an adverb.</p>
<p>OKAY dude, everyone including Yankees knows that to keep warm is an infinitive phrase, that doesn't change the fact that you're wrong</p>
<p>Hey, i meant could you explain that whole "prep pharse, sub cooord" stuff more. I don't know what that is.</p>
<p>subordinating conjunction = as, because, than, etc
coordinating conjunction = and or for nor so but yet
prepositional phrase = and phrase that begins with a preposition</p>
<p>like you're arguing with me and don't know what these are</p>