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All right.
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So the first question we're looking at here is number one.
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The sentencing question is, i've lived in new york city for my entire life.
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You'll notice that what's changing is the placement of these commas.
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Do i need just one comma, like in answer choice a? do i want two commas in b or in c? or no commas in d? the easiest way to go about this when you're determining comma placement is just to ask yourself if there's any reason you might need to pause.
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As you read the sentence, in this one, i would say, probably not.
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You wouldn't read and go, i've lived in new york city for my entire life.
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You would say, i've lived in new york city for my entire life.
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The point is that you get straight on with it.
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If you pause before in new york city, it makes it sound like you're going off on a tangent, and that's not what they mean.
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So that would lead you toward the answer choice that has no commas.
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Another way to go about it, too, is to notice the answer choices that have two commas, like b and c.
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These examples, the information between the commas is acting like what we call a parenthetical...