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A war is ugly and when there's multiple factions coming to a throne, that is also ugly. So, we're shortly after Phillip II's death. Alexander, with the help of his mother, is able to consolidate power within his family, really secure his place as the king of the Macedonian Empire.
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The bank issues you a credit card. You go online and buy something from the Acme Company for $100, using your credit card. Acme Company then asks your bank for that money, and the bank gives them $95. (The bank has now made $5 on the deal). Then the bank asks you to pay back the money that it lent to you.
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- Sal Khan
Transcript. David and Paige explain appositives, noun phrases that clarify or redefine another noun, and how to use commas to set them off in sentences. "My favorite snack, the cookie cat, is back in stock!" is a sentence that uses an appositive. Questions.
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Early Byzantine (c. 330–750) The. Emperor Constantine. adopted Christianity and in 330 moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), at the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Christianity flourished and gradually supplanted the Greco-Roman gods that had once defined Roman religion and culture.
Jim Crow: a symbol for racial segregation. Jim Crow segregation was a way of life that combined a system of anti-black laws and race-prejudiced cultural practices. The term " Jim Crow " is often used as a synonym for racial segregation, particularly in the American South. The Jim Crow South was the era during which local and state laws enforced ...
David Alexander. Your teacher was right. She (he) was teaching you to punctuate a list according to one of the acceptable and grammatical patterns. The OTHER acceptable and grammatical patter, known as the Oxford comma, is the one that you were NOT being taught. Both are acceptable and grammatical.
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