Thursday, October 13, 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: Bob Dylan is an American musician.
Sentence 2: He is one of the most famous singer-songwriters in the world.
Sentence 3: He was recently awarded the Nobel prize for Literature.

2 comments:

LinelleR said...

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: Bob Dylan is an American musician.
Sentence 2: He is one of the most famous singer-songwriters in the world.
Sentence 3: He was recently awarded the Nobel prize for Literature.

Bob Dylan is an American musician who is one of the most famous singer-songwriters in the world, for he was recently awarded the Nobel prize for Literature.

Michael said...

Good try, Linelle!

But I don't think it is correct to say that Dylan is famous "for" he was awarded the prize. This seems more accurate to me:

American musician Bob Dylan, one of the most famous singer-songwriters in the world, was recently awarded the Nobel prize for Literature.