- The police officer bit the dog; the cat ran away. I used a semi colon to connect the fused sentence
- The cat ran up the tree, so the dog ran home. I used a coordinating conjunction.
- Pat drove to the store, but I went anyway. I used a coordinating conjunction.
- We were having fun - they wanted to have fun too. I added a dash to connect the two.
- Getting to work is much easier now, because I learned to drive a car. I added to the sentence and used a comma to pause before finishing.
- Although Jim had bought a car, we still needed money to pay for insurance. I added to the subordinate sentence so it wouldn't stand alone.
- Jimmy played in the sandbox, whereas we had started to play in the swimming pool. I added to the sentence so it would no longer be a subordinate sentence and I added a dash to connect the two.
- Whether we came home or went on to the store, James was still going to be angry. I added to the sentence. So it wasn't a subordinate sentence and added a semicolon to join the two.
- If I had ten dollars, we could go get ice cream. I used a dash so I could connect a sentence.
- Upon arriving at the bank, we found out that we were millionaires. I used a semicolon to connect the two sentences.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
G&P exercises
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