Thursday, August 18, 2016

*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: An apartment in Hyde Park has recently been put up for sale.
Sentence 2: The asking price is more than 150 million (Canadian) dollars.
Sentence 3: It is thought to be the most expensive flat ever to go on the open market.

3 comments:

GeorgeOEngl155 said...

An apartment in Hyde Park has recently been put up for sale, and with the asking price of more than 150 million (Canadian) dollars, it is thought to be the most expensive flat ever to go on the open market.

Daryl Schaeffer said...

It is thought that an apartment in Hyde Park, that has recently been put up for sale with an asking price of more than 150 million (Canadian) dollars, is the most expensive flat ever to go on the open market.

Michael said...

Two very good answers!

But, Daryl, note that "which" (as opposed to "that") is preferable for non-restrictive clauses.

Here is another possibility, which uses an appositive and prepositional phrase to combine the sentences:

An apartment in Hyde Park, thought to be the most expensive flat ever to go on the open market, has recently been put up for sale with an asking price of more than 150 million (Canadian) dollars.