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Rewrite the following statements in sentences each of which expresses a complete thought.

1 He gave me a flower. Which was wilted.

2 The gasoline flows through the supply tube to the carburetor. Where it should vaporize and enter the cylinders.

3 People of all ages were there. Old men, young women, and even children.

4 He told us that you had a good standing among business men. That you always met your bills promptly.

5 Excuse Everett Smith from school this morning. He having the measles.

6 The internal combustion engine may be either one of two types. The two cycle or the four cycle.

7 The young men and women acted like children. Who should have known better.

8 There was a cross cow in the pasture. Which had long horns.

9 Bacteria are microscopic organisms. Especially found where milk or some other substance decomposes.

10 We pass on down the street. The buildings rising two or three stories high on either side.

11 The Y. M. C. A. enables you to keep your religious interests alive. As well as to associate with clean young men.

12 She wasted her time on foolish clothes. While her mother took in washing.

13 He was dressed in a ridiculous fashion. Wearing, for instance, an orange necktie.

14 The point is similar to that of the ordinary steel pen, except that it is made of gold. Gold being used on account of its greater smoothness and durability.

15 Tire troubles have been made less formidable by the invention of a compact, efficient little vulcanizer. A factory for making which is now being built.