Eng 7/10/11 Sentence combining

Good introduction to all of the sentence types in English- excellent starting point

SIMPLE

SV.  SSV.   SSV.

COMPOUND

SV ,SOBA SV.

SV ; TRANS, SV.

COMPLEX

adverb clause

noun clause

adjective clause

COMPOUND-COMPLEX

There is a party tonight, but I'm not going to go because I don't have a fancy dress to wear.

How well do you know them?

SENTENCE COMBINING

develop high-level sentence writing

William Strong- professor

teach his students to be more sophisticated writers

Learn to write sentences that are:

-varied, variety

-dense, more meaning in fewer words

-meaningful

-academic, school-style

-several short sentences, combining together into one longer sentence

- beginner - university level

-effective

-practical

-unlimited

Writer's Toolbox: A Sentence Combining Workshop

Sentence Combining: A Composing Book

William Strong

EXAMPLE

I have a dog. KERNEL- centre

The dog is brown. Look for new information.

The dog is cute.

I have a dog, and the dog is brown, and the dog is cute. POOR QUALITY - REPETITIVE

OVERWRITTEN - OVEREXPLAINED

I have a cute dog, and the dog is brown.

BETTER

I have a brown cute dog. XXX

I have a cute brown dog.

I have a cute, beautiful dog.

I have a beautiful, cute dog. BOTH OPINION

I have a brown dog that is cute. COMPLEX-ADJ CL

I have a brown dog that is as cute as a little fox. COMPLEX - ADJ CL, ADV CL

TWO APPROACHES TO SENTENCE COMBINING

1. Coordination

prefix 'co'- together

cooperation

cofounder

coworker

Compound sentence

, SOBA

; TRANS,

2. Subordination

prefix 'sub' - under

substitute

subway

subject - "the queen and her subjects"

submissive

COMPLEX - adj cl, adv cl, noun cl

Dad at Home

Jackie's dad is a truck driver.

He has driven for twenty years.

He is taking a year off.

He will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad is a truck driver, and he has driven for twenty years, and he is taking a year off, and he will be with Jackie. POOR QUALITY

Jackie's dad is a truck driver.

He has driven for twenty years.

He is taking a year off.

He will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad who is a truck driver and has driven for twenty years. CONDENSE MORE

Jackie's dad who has been a truck driver for twenty years is taking a year off, and he will be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad who has been a truck driver for twenty years is taking a year off to be with Jackie.

Jackie's dad who has been driving trucks for twenty years is taking a year off to be with her.

DENSE, MEANINGFUL, COMPACT, CONCISE

HIGH-QUALITY WRITING

2. He now works at home with Jackie as a full-time parent.

He now works at home with Jackie as a parent, and parenting is a full-time job. Calling attention to how difficult parenting is.

Now, Jackie's dad works at home with her as a full-time parent. SIMPLE

He now works at home with Jackie full-time as a parent. SIMPLE 

He now works (as a parent) (at home) (with Jackie) which is a full-time job. SIMPLE

He now works (as a parent) (at home) (with Jackie); nonetheless, being a parent is a full-time job.

LOTS OF CHOICE