Question

[1] Robert King was a Quaker merchant and a kind man, and he treated Equiano well. [2] He used Equiano to work at a number of jobs for him, yet he also hired him out to other merchants. [3] A certain boat captain of King's, Thomas Farmer, often traveled between the West Indies and North America, so he needed Equiano's services. [4] Because Equiano had sea-going experience, he could be quite useful to Farmer. Which sentence in the paragraph is structured differently than the others

Answer 1

The sentence in the paragraph that is structured differently than the others is:

sentence 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

The difference between sentence 4 and the others is the sequence of clauses. Sentences 1, 2, and 3 all start with the main clause, which consists of a subject and a predicate, and which is able to stand alone as a sentence and convey a full meaning. Then, their main clauses are followed by either a coordinate clause or a subordinate clause, which begin with conjunctions (and, yet, so, etc.)

On the other hand, sentence 4 begins with the subordinate clause. We can identify it since it uses the subordinating conjunction "because". This clause is then followed by the main clause. As we can see, sentence 4 inverts the structure.