This blog is for students taking English 140-189 at Athabasca University.
17 October 2014
*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:Where were you on Thanks Giving?
Sentence 2: I thought you were
going to have dinner at your grandparents' house.
Sentence 3:I stopped by, but you
were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone.
4 comments:
Audrey L
said...
I was looking for you on Thanksgiving, I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house, so I stopped by, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone.
I was wondering where were you on Thanks Giving, I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house and stopped by, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone.
I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house, and I stopped by to see you, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone, so where were you on Thanks Giving?
And good try, Audrey and Olena -- but you both have a comma splice after "Thanks Giving". Remember, you shouldn't join two independent sentences with a comma.
Here is another possible solution:
I stopped by your grandparents' house on Thanks Giving as I thought you were going to have dinner there, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone, so I'm wondering where you were.
4 comments:
I was looking for you on Thanksgiving, I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house, so I stopped by, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone.
I was wondering where were you on Thanks Giving, I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house and stopped by, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone.
I thought you were going to have dinner at your grandparents' house, and I stopped by to see you, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone, so where were you on Thanks Giving?
Well done, Liudmila!
And good try, Audrey and Olena -- but you both have a comma splice after "Thanks Giving". Remember, you shouldn't join two independent sentences with a comma.
Here is another possible solution:
I stopped by your grandparents' house on Thanks Giving as I thought you were going to have dinner there, but you were nowhere in sight, and you weren't answering your phone, so I'm wondering where you were.
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