Friday, April 25, 2014

*SENTENCE COMBINATION*

Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important writing skill. There are many ways to do this. Try to combine the following three sentences.

Sentence 1Many people in Canada are looking forward to spring.
Sentence 2Spring is particularly appreciated in a country where most people experience a very long winter.
Sentence 3:This winter has seemed longer than most, with snow still on the ground in many parts of the country.

2 comments:

krisla Eng 155 said...

Spring is particularly appreciated in a country where most people experience a very long winter; with snow still on the ground in many parts of the country, many people in Canada are looking forward to spring as this winter has seemed longer than most,

Michael said...

Good try, krisla.

But I don't think the semi-colon is really justified.

I think we can bring out the logic of the connection with just a couple conjunctions:

Spring is particularly appreciated in a country where most people experience a very long winter, and this winter has seemed longer than most, with snow still on the ground in many parts of the country, so many people in Canada are looking forward to spring.