Friday, 9 September 2016

E11 Sentence combining

"Patrol"
Harris checks in at 4:00. KERNEL- centre
Jones checks in at 4:00. NEW INFORMATION, DON"T REPEAT

Jones and Harris check in at 4:00.
Both Jones and Harris check in at 4:00.
Both Jones and Harris check in together at 4:00.

Then they hustle downstairs. KERNEL
They hustle through the dispatch office.
They hustle into the garage.
Then they hustle downstairs through the dispatch office into the garage. SIMPLE SENT

Their car is gassed up.
It is ready for the night's patrol.
Their car is gassed up and ready for the night's patrol. SIMPLE
Their car is gassed up; therefore, it is ready for the night's patrol. COMPOUND
Their car is gassed up, so it is ready for the night's patrol. 
Their car is gassed up for the night's patrol. 

CHOICE- 
Their car, which is gassed up, is ready for the night's patrol. COMPLEX- ADJ CL


They nod to the people they know on the street.
They wave to the children.
But the evening stretches before them.
It stretches uneasily.

They nod to the people they know on the street, and they wave to the children.

They nod and wave to the people and children they know on the street.

YOU DECIDE

But the evening stretches uneasily before them.


They nod and wave to the people and children they know on the street; however, the evening stretches uneasily before them.

As they nod and wave to the people and children they know on the street, the evening stretches uneasily before them.

Even though they nod and wave to the people and children they know on the street, the evening stretches uneasily before them.

They nod and wave to the people and children they know on the street even as the evening stretches uneasily before them. !!

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