Tuesday, 28 May 2013

E10 sentence combining


Swimming Pool
1.     The public swimming pool opens at 6 PM each evening during the winter; Gino goes regularly.
Gino goes regularly  to the public swimming pool which opens at 6 PM each evening during the winter.
2.     He offers to take his brother, Mario, who is five years old, but Mario is afraid of water and never wants to go.

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hyphenated descriptors
nouns are used as adjectives,
- hyphen

his five-year-old brother
a nine-week course
a six-foot-tall man


He offers to take his five-year-old brother, Mario; however, Mario never wants to go because he is afraid of water.
3.     Freezing rain is falling outside, but inside the water is a warm 22 degrees.
Outside, the freezing rain is falling, but the water inside is a warm 22 degrees.
4.     Gino is late, so he must hurry or he won’t have time for a relaxing sauna.
Gino is late; therefore, he must hurry, or he won’t have time for a relaxing sauna.


The Subway

1.     The train pulled out of the grimy station that was covered with graffiti.
The train pulled out of the grimy graffiti-covered station.
2.     The train entered the darkness of the tunnel; it screamed and hissed as it headed downtown.
The train, which was heading downtown, screamed and hissed as it entered the darkness of the tunnel.
Entering the darkness of the tunnel, the train hissed and screamed as it headed downtown.
3.     4.The third car held five people: an old woman, the woman’s granddaughter, a middle-aged man, and two young men.
5.     Although the people were strangers, they were suddenly thrown into an intimate situation.
The people, who were strangers, were thrown suddenly into an intimate situation.
11.            The man, who was obviously uncomfortable, was crossing and uncrossing his legs to the jerking movement of the car.
The man was crossing and uncrossing his legs; he was obviously uncomfortable with the jerking movement of the car.
The man was obviously uncomfortable; he crossed and uncrossed his legs to the jerking movement of the car.

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