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1. Combine sentences by
before the words they di
and joining them with and, 07,
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Example: Tridol soap 1
a in cold water. in hot
water. It also works well t
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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.
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work early.
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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
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sentence.)
Example: Bd sent a letter to his fiancee. It was a musby °°
Revised: Ed sent a mushy letter to his fiancee.
owes _QExample: 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.
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. Salvador is silly. He is also overweight. He is a flirt.
. You jog early in the morning. Be sure to warm up well.
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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.
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