Wednesday, 11 December 2013

EF2/3 C-44 sentence combining

Sentence combining
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C-43

1.     Jim and Ann like pizza.
2.     Abby, Luis, and Carl play soccer every weekend.
Abby, Luis and Carl play soccer every weekend.

Oxford comma ,and- Both ways are OK.

3.     The bus and the Skytrain arrived late because of the snow.
The bus and the sky train arrived late because it is snowing.
4.     Are the Jeep and the Honda on sale?
Is the Jeep or the Honda on sale?
5.     Kam Wong, Sara Smith, Pam Singh, and Ron Adams were at the party.
6.     His daughter, his wife, and his son all needed the car on Friday morning.
His daughter, wife and son needed the car Friday morning.

            C-44
1.     Jim likes pizza and beer.
Jim likes pizza, and he likes beer.
            Jim likes pizza; also, he likes beer.
            Jim likes pizza with beer.
2.     Abby plays soccer, hockey, and pool every weekend.
Abby plays soccer and hockey every weekend.  However, she also likes to play pool every weekend.
Abby plays soccer and hockey every weekend; however, she likes to play pool every weekend.
3.     The bus arrived late and picked up five angry passengers.
The bus arrived late and picked up five angry passengers because it was late. BAD SENTENCE
The bus picked up five angry passengers because it was late. BAD
The bus picked up five passengers (who were angry) (because it arrived late.) MAYBE TOO HARD FOR EF 2/3
4.     Jane parked the car, walked into the video store, and rented two movies.
After Jane parked the car, she walked into the video store and rented two movies.
After Jane parked the car, she walked into the video store because she wanted to rent two movies.
First, Jane parked the car.  Next, she walked into the video store; then, she rented two movies.

Jane, who parked the car, walked into the video store and rented two movies.

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