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  • Roberts was raised in Georgia. Her parents ran a theater school there. Her sister and brother are also actors. The family was always short of money.
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  • "Stepmom" is Julia Robert's new movie. It is a family drama. It co-stars Susan Sarandon. Ed Harris is also a co-star.
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  • Fuji has erupted almost 20 times in the past few hundred years, it is a weak volcano.
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  • Julia Roberts lives in Manhattan, not far from the apartment she once shared with her sister in Greenwich Village.
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  • She came to New York when she was seventeen. Because her older sister lived there and she was influenced by her sister.
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  • When Julia was four years old, her parents divorced. After eighteen years of marriage.
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  • Many cargo and passenger ships visit Gibralter's harbor the safe harbor and mild climate make it a great place to stop for repairs.
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  • In high school, Julia found classwork boring, she didn't know how to be a good student.
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  • Julia and her sister lived with their mother. Their brother stayed their father. Who died of cancer five years later.
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  • Although Julia Roberts has had much professional success. Her personal life has been troubled with several failed relationships.
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  • Since then, Roberts has appeared in fourteen films. Most recently, "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "The Conspiracy Theory."
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  • Which type of sentence error does the following sentence belong to: The teacher explained the lesson. The students took notes. They asked questions.
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  • By the time Julia Roberts was 23, she had won two academy award actress. nominations, she had also become the world's most popular female actress.
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  • In 1990, "Pretty Woman" became a smash hit her natural gift for this type of comedy brought her a nomination for Best Actress.
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  • The water in Loch Ness stays about 42 degrees Fahrenheit, it is very deep.
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  • After she graduated from high school, Julia worked in a shoe store while auditioning for acting jobs. Though didn't get hired for a year.
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  • The singer-actor Lyle Lovett is ten years older than Julia she married him in 1993 but split up after less than two years.
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  • Which of the following is NOT a way to correct a comma splice?
    Replace the comma with a period and begin a new sentence.
    Do nothing and hope Mrs. Burke doesn't catch my mistake.
    Add a coordinating conjunction after the comma.
    Replace the comma with a semicolon.
  • She didn't plan to become an actress. She wanted to be six feet tall. She wanted to be a veterinarian. She wanted to be happy and make others happy.
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  • Julia Roberts was engaged to Keifer Sutherland in 1991. Three days before the wedding, she changed her mind and canceled everything.
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