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I prefer steel-cut oat to quick-cook oat as the 
Here's how I want to continue it: quick-cook oat has mushy texture when cooked.

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Jessica finished baking her picnic ham before Jennifer, because 
Here's how I want to continue it: Jennifer used a difficult recipe for ham glaze.

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Christine trimmed the overgrown shrubs instead of Katrina because 
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Katrina is a very inexperienced gardener.