ACADEMIC ENGLISH

COMPLEX
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Yazmin Abat Alarcón
COMPLEX SENTENCE

COMPLEX SENTENCE =
SIMPLE SENTENCE + SUBORDINATOR + SIMPLE SENTENCE
Independent Clause + Subordinate Clause

SVC, [Subordinator] SVC

Rush hour traffic is not a problem for him , since
He works at home most days.

Yazmin Abat | Academic English |

 CAN TEXAS EMULATE SAN FRANCISCO’S
SUCCESS WHILE AVOIDING ITS PROBLEMS?

Source: As Austin thrives as a tech hub, will it avoid San Francisco’s problems? | The Economist
Yazmin Abat | Academic English |
 CAN TEXAS EMULATE SAN FRANCISCO’S
SUCCESS WHILE AVOIDING ITS PROBLEMS?

Elon musk has predicted that Austin will be “the biggest boom town that
America has seen in 50 years”. From 2010 to 2020 its metro area had the second­
fastest growth in the country—its population expanded by a third. Already
America’s 11th largest city, Austin could soon displace Silicon Valley’s San Jose in
the top ten. If the proliferation of oil rigs was once the symbol of Texas’s
vibrancy, today it is the number of cranes assembling new skyscrapers in Austin,
muses Evan Smith, boss of the Texas Tribune, a newspaper. Meta, née Facebook,
recently confirmed expansion plans there, leasing 33 floors in what will be the
city’s tallest building when completed next year. Mr Musk’s Tesla and Oracle, a
software giant, have moved their headquarters to Texas’s capital city.
Source: As Austin thrives as a tech hub, will it avoid San Francisco’s problems? | The Economist
Yazmin Abat | Academic English |
 CAN TEXAS EMULATE SAN FRANCISCO’S
SUCCESS WHILE AVOIDING ITS PROBLEMS?
Elon musk has predicted that Austin will be “the biggest boom
town that America has seen in 50 years”. From 2010 to 2020 its
metro area had the second ­fastest growth in the country—its
population expanded by a third. Already America’s 11th largest
city, Austin could soon displace Silicon Valley’s San Jose in the top
ten. If the proliferation of oil rigs was once the symbol of Texas’s
vibrancy, today it is the number of cranes assembling new
skyscrapers in Austin, muses Evan Smith, boss of the Texas
Tribune, a newspaper. Meta, née Facebook, recently confirmed
expansion plans there, leasing 33 floors in what will be the city’s
tallest building when completed next year. Mr Musk’s Tesla and
Oracle, a software giant, have moved their headquarters to Texas’s
capital city.
Source: As Austin thrives as a tech hub, will it avoid San Francisco’s problems? | The Economist
Yazmin Abat | Academic English |
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