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Question:
they were thinking about the language issue
Answer:
The answer clause is correct.
Explanation:
This passage is clearly a clause, since it expresses a grammatically-complete thought -- it has the pronoun "they" acting as its subject and the verb phrase "were thinking about the language issue" acting as its predicate.
 
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