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Sentence combining

Sentence combining. Simon Nham. What is sentence combining?. Sentence combining is: Making the sentence smoother Easier to understand or clarify Putting detailed sentence of two or more short, choppy sentences.

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Sentence combining

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  1. Sentence combining Simon Nham

  2. What is sentence combining? Sentence combining is: • Making the sentence smoother • Easier to understand or clarify • Putting detailed sentence of two or more short, choppy sentences

  3. Short sentences are easy to read, but several of them in a row can become so monotonous that meaning gets lost. • In other words, it gets you or the reader BORED.

  4. Example A BMW screamed around the corner. The BMW was fire-red. It screeched to a stop in front of the doors. The doors led into the school.

  5. The fire-red BMW screamed around the corner and screeched to a stop in front of the school doors. Screaming around the corner, the fire-red BMW screeched to a stop in front of the school doors.

  6. Different ways to combine sentences • Punctuation- combining sentences using punctuation marks such as dash (-), semicolons(;) and colons (:) • Coordination- combining sentences using conjunction words such as FANBOYS • Subordination- making one sentence more important than the other ( one independent and one dependent clause) • Reduction- reducing sentences into phrases • Apposition-the second expression that is supporting the first expression

  7. Quiz • 1. Hartford is the capital of Connecticut. It is the second largest city in the state. • 2. Hartford was once known as an industrial center. It was the home of several manufacturers. They made firearms, typewriters, bicycles, and even cars.

  8. Answers • 1. Hartford, the second largest city in the state, is the capital of Connecticut. • 2. Once known as an industrial center, Hartford was the home of manufacturers of firearms, typewriters, bicycles, and even cars.

  9. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz2.htmhttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz2.htm • http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/COMBINE/S1.htm • http://www.slideshare.net/derrallg/sentence-combining-part-one/

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