What is the problem with the sentence below? Because a number of employees have not submitted their updated sales reports. It is too formal. It is not concise. It is incomplete. It lacks unity.
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"Because" is a subordinating conjunction that introduces a dependent clause. However, there is no independent clause in the sentence to complete the thought. Therefore, the sentence is incomplete. Show more…
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