each of the following sentences as periodic, cumulative, or inverted,
and punctuate each correctly.
Identify
1. Nowwhen I had-mastered the language of this water and had come to
know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarly
I knew the letters of the alphabet I had made a valuable acquisition.
Menr Twem
as
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Inverted
Based on the provided sentence, it appears to be a periodic sentence.
To determine whether the given sentence is periodic, cumulative, or inverted, we need to examine the structure and arrangement of the clauses.
Let's break down the sentence and identify its components:
"Nowwhen I had-mastered the language of this water and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarly I knew the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable acquisition."
The main clause of the sentence is "I had made a valuable acquisition." This is the main idea or the independent clause upon which the other clauses are dependent.
To determine the type of sentence structure:
1. Periodic sentence: A periodic sentence has the main clause (independent clause) at the end of the sentence. In this case, the main clause is "I had made a valuable acquisition," and it appears at the end. Thus, the sentence is periodic.
2. Cumulative sentence: A cumulative sentence has the main clause (independent clause) at the beginning of the sentence followed by additional information or clauses. In this case, the main clause does not appear at the beginning, so the sentence is not cumulative.
3. Inverted sentence: An inverted sentence has the subject after the verb or an unusual word order. In this case, the sentence follows a standard word order (subject - verb - object), so it is not inverted.
Based on this analysis, the sentence is periodic.
Now let's properly punctuate the sentence:
"Now, when I had mastered the language of this water and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarly as I knew the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable acquisition."
Note: I have added a comma after "Now" to separate the introductory word from the rest of the sentence. Additionally, I have moved the quotation mark in "Menr Twem" to the end of the sentence for proper punctuation.