This blog is intended for students in English 177 and English 189 at Athabasca University.
Friday, November 29, 2013
*SENTENCE COMBINATION*
Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important writing skill. There are many ways to do this. Try to combine the following three sentences.
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1: We are well into December.
Sentence
2: The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
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3: It won’t be long until the Christmas vacation.
4 comments:
Doris177
said...
We are well into December and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, but it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
Remember, it's not just about joining the sentences into a single grammatical unit. The challenge is to come up with a logical connection that will justify the connection.
Doris and Curtis: what do "but" and "although" contribute to the meaning of your sentences?
I would suggest something like the following:
It won't be long until the Christmas vacation, for we are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Here, the last two clauses serve to justify the first.
4 comments:
We are well into December and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, but it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
We are well into December; the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago and it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
We are well into December as the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago; although, it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
Good try, everyone.
Remember, it's not just about joining the sentences into a single grammatical unit. The challenge is to come up with a logical connection that will justify the connection.
Doris and Curtis: what do "but" and "although" contribute to the meaning of your sentences?
I would suggest something like the following:
It won't be long until the Christmas vacation, for we are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Here, the last two clauses serve to justify the first.
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