The Question Commonly Asked of New Parents-"Is It a Boy

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The question commonly asked of new parents-"Is it a boy or a girl?"-suggests that gender may shape a child's life in important ways.

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Definitions:

Run-on Sentence

A grammatically faulty sentence in which two or more main clauses are joined without a conjunction or proper punctuation.

Independent Clauses

Phrases or sentence fragments that can independently represent complete ideas as they possess both a verb and a subject.

Direct Strategy

A communication approach that involves presenting the main idea or message at the beginning, followed by supporting details.

Dependent Clauses

Groups of words containing a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as complete sentences.