Which excerpt from “The Telephone: A Truer Tale” best supports the purpose of the text?
1. After all, it has a terrific happy ending in which the hero, Alexander Graham Bell, uses his astonishing new device to transmit the words “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”
2. Meucci would not allow himself to become discouraged, however. Instead, he returned to his lab determined to make his talking machine even better. He worked for many more years and did just that.
3. In 1871, Meucci still lacked investors and was unable to pay the $250 patent fee, so he filed a patent caveat instead. A patent caveat cost only $10 and would not allow anyone else to patent the same idea for one full year.
4. June 11, 2002, one hundred and twenty-six years after Bell’s patent was issued, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution recognizing Antonio Meucci as the true inventor of the telephone.

C/ In 1871, Meucci still lacked investors and was unable to pay the $250 patent fee, so he filed a patent caveat instead. A patent caveat cost only $10 and would not allow anyone else to patent the same idea for one full year.

Explanation:

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a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

comfort   in their suffering