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yy rr in Unit One, you learned that sentence go vis or patches of short, similar sen iin f the three combining methods tence 8B IC Si You Used g Sentences eliminate P' iew O! Combininy is the best way to writing. Here is a revi eliminating repeated words, by placing scribe, and by grouping similar words Mot or but. ir Phrase your 1. Combine sentences by before the words they di and joining them with and, 07, 5 new. It is improved. It works wey y Example: Tridol soap 1 a in cold water. in hot water. It also works well t Revised: New, improved Tridol soap works well in hot or eoig ws ratep es by joining them with a coordinate conjunction (ang bo, 2. Combine sentenc id sentence. but, so, for, yet) to form a compoun Example: Alicia is going to visit her sister. She will have to leave w, otk early. Revised: Alicia is going to visit h work early. er sister, 80 she will have to eave 3. Combine sentences by joining them with a subordinate conjun (when, as, before, because, unless, although, since, and so on) to tomy complex sentence. ma Example: The beach is very narrow. The storm waves washed most of the sand away. ° Revised: The beach is very narrow because the storm waves washed most of the sand away. Example: You may think you’d like loafing your entire life. You would probably go crazy doing nothing. Revised: Although you may think you'd like loafing your entire life, you would probably go crazy doing nothing. Combine the following pairs and groups of sentences using the variety of combining methods presented: (1) eliminating repeated words, moving modifiers in front of words they describe, and grouping similar words phrases and joining them with and, or, or but, (2) joining Wwe complete sentences with a coordinate conjunction (and, on ‘for, but yet, $0) '0 form? compound sentence, or (3) joining two complete sentences with a subor dinate conjunction (before, as, because, when, while, unless, although sie Pe’ Saat Se ee mle t the beginning or in the ™ sentence.) Example: Bd sent a letter to his fiancee. It was a musby °° Revised: Ed sent a mushy letter to his fiancee. owes _Q Example: Maris likes nuts in her Revised: Maria \ikes muta in her choco! Example: Vr not going to the bali g Revised: I'm not going to the ball game Friday altz prefers raising in his. prefers raisins in his. going Elvira is a good speller. Michael is also 2 good speller. » Sally has a sister. She is 26 years old. She is vounger than Sally The dog couldn't jump the fence. She dug a hole in it We could study tonight. We could go slam dancing at the Ajax Casino » Noreen has flat feet. That didn't keep her off the basketball team. » Myrtle thinks very fast. She also writes very fast. 7. The grease melted in the skillet. It started to bubble. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. . Salvador is silly. He is also overweight. He is a flirt. . You jog early in the morning. Be sure to warm up well. 10. 1. 125 133 Return the encyclopedia to the shelf. You've found what you needed. George spread on the shark repellent too thinly. It didn’t work. You need a doctor badly. Call one. I've got a new yo-yo. It is red. I’ve also got a new hula hoop. It is also red. Marta finally found the salamander. It was smal ll and frightened. It was in her drawer. Marcia was stum) ped by square roots. Her teacher tutored her after class, Used cars can be a disaster. Don’t buy the first one you look at. Darrin quit playing Pac-Man. It was too easy for him. Attendance at the noon rallies had been poor. The remaining rallies were canceled. ee

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