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Thursday, October 15, 2015
*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. Do not use a semi-colon.
Sentence 1: Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party.
Sentence 2: He is currently leading in the polls.
Sentence 3: I wonder if he will win the election.
4 comments:
Henry- Oluwafemi Agbaje
said...
Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party, who is currently leading in the polls, but I wonder if he will win the election.
4 comments:
Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party, who is currently leading in the polls, but I wonder if he will win the election.
Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party.
Sentence 2: He is currently leading in the polls.
Sentence 3: I wonder if he will win the election.
I wonder if the leader of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau can maintain his current lead in the polls and win the election?
I wonder if Justin Trudeau, who is the leader of the Liberal Party and currently leading in the polls, will win the election.
Henry, your use of "who" seems to refer to the Liberal Party, which sounds odd.
Great try, Janet, but I think you changed the meaning of the original claims a little too much.
Well done, Rajwah!
Here is another possibility:
Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau is currently leading in the polls, but I wonder if he will win the election?
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