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Question:
stay on the Trans-Canada highway through British Columbia
Answer:
The answer phrase is not correct.
Explanation:
It is easy to see why you might have though this passage was a phrase -- after all, it has no visible subject. Remember that a direct command has the implied subject "you," and that it is still a clause.
 
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