This blog is for students taking English 140-189 at Athabasca University.
29 November 2013
*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.
Sentence 1: We are well into December.
Sentence 2: The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Sentence 3: It won’t be long until the Christmas vacation.
7 comments:
AndreaS140,143
said...
We are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago; however, it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
We are well into December and it won't be long until the Christmas vacation and it looks already like Christmas since the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Remember, it's not just about joining the sentences into a single grammatical unit. The challenge is to come up with a logical connection that will justify the connection.
I would suggest something like the following:
It won't be long until the Christmas vacation, for we are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Here, the last two clauses serve to justify the first.
7 comments:
We are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago; however, it won't be long until the Christmas vacation.
The first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, because we are well into December and ii won’t be long until the Christmas vacation
We are well into December and it won't be long until the Christmas vacation and it looks already like Christmas since the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
We are well into December and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, however, It won’t be long until the Christmas vacation.
We are well into December and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago, however, It won’t be long until the Christmas vacation.
Good effort, everyone!
Andrea and Hammad, I'm not sure why you used "however" in your sentence.
Also, Hammad, watch the comma splice.
Guadalupe, I'm not sure how "because" is being used in your sentence.
Good effort, DVidito, but try not to rely on "and" as a conjunction.
Remember, it's not just about joining the sentences into a single grammatical unit. The challenge is to come up with a logical connection that will justify the connection.
I would suggest something like the following:
It won't be long until the Christmas vacation, for we are well into December, and the first snowfall of the season was weeks ago.
Here, the last two clauses serve to justify the first.
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