14 April 2016

*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. Do not use a semi-colon.

Sentence 1: The Immigrant Access Fund provides loans for internationally trained immigrants.
Sentence 2: Many immigrant professionals find it hard to pursue their careers in Canada because of accreditation difficulties.
Sentence 3: The loans help pay the costs associated with accreditation, training, or upgrading.

2 comments:

Leah said...

Although many immigrant professionals find it hard to pursue their careers in Canada because of accreditation difficulties, the Immigrant Access Fund provides loans for internationally trained immigrants, so the loans help pay the costs associated with accreditation, training, or upgrading.
Leah Eng 140

Michael said...

Good try, Leah, but I'm not sure that the conjunctions "although" and "so" accurately convey the logic of the sentence. I think it is "because" of the problems immigrants face that such funds are available:

Since many immigrant professionals find it hard to pursue their careers in Canada because of accreditation difficulties, the Immigrant Access Fund provides loans for them, which help pay the costs associated with accreditation, training, or upgrading.