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"In April 1972, van der Byl insisted that Rhodesia would not implement any part of an agreement made with the United Kingdom in November 1971 unless Rhodesia's independence was acknowledged, regardless of the answer from the Pearce Commission who were then investigating whether the settlement proposals would be approved by the people of Rhodesia."

===Exercise 3: commassmoothly integrating ideas into a sentence===

The Earth's atmosphere has no definite boundary, slowly becoming thinner and fading into outer space. Three-quarters of the atmosphere's mass, however, is contained within the first 11 km of the planet's surface.

===Exercise 4: commas===

It is sponsored by [[Canonical Ltd]] (owned by [[Mark Shuttleworth]]) and the name of the distribution comes from the [[South African]] concept of ''[[Ubuntu (ideology)|ubuntu]]''—roughly, "humanity towards others". (Not close enough for "and"—use semicolon)

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Kombi, however, is not only the name of the passenger variant, but is also the Australasian and Brazilian term for the whole Type 2 family in much the same way that they are all called VW-Bus in Germany, even the pickup truck variations

===Exercise 4: commas===

Candler's successful marketing, continued by his successors such as Robert Woodruff, established Coke as a major soft drink first in the United States and later around the world.