period and a capital letter or (2) a comma (if needed) and the joining word and‚ but‚ for‚ or so. Do not use the same method of correction for every sentence. Some of the run-ons are fused sentences (there is no punctuation between the two complete thoughts)‚ and some are comma splices (there is only a comma between the two complete thoughts). One sentence is correct. 1. Slovakia‚ a country in eastern Europe‚ was once ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ it is now an independent country. 2
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"Sentence Variety" Exercises In each exercise‚ you will practice combining sentences or using the following varieties: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex‚ prepositional phrases of location‚ adverbs of negation and time‚ and conditional sentence structures. Each exercise will give you specific instructions regarding the sentence type or subject verb inversion to use. Your goal is to complete ten exercises in a row‚ or until you feel comfortable using a variety of sentences structures in
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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (‘if’ sentences) A.G.N.Sudath (JP) Bachelor of Education‚ National Diploma in Teaching English Former National Trainer at the PIC at the Ministry of Education Visiting Lecturer of English – University of Sabaragamuwa Conditional Sentences Structure : A conditional sentence is composed of 2 parts : If-clause + Main Clause Example : If it rains tomorrow‚ we will not come. If-clause Main Clause These sentences are in two halves (clauses): The if part - (if clause)
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“LIFE IS FULL OF ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’.” Good morning to one and all. Today I Abhinav Gupta is going to speak on the topic “Life is full of ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’.” Many of us have heard and even used the idiom – No ifs or buts at some point in our life. “Ifs and Buts” is a term used to describe the reasons people give for not wanting to do something. To show that you don’t wish to accept any excuses‚ you can tell somebody that you wish to hear no ifs or buts. We not only tell it to others‚ sometimes they
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Complex Sentences Complex sentences are sentences that have several parts‚ each with a verb‚ and these parts are joined by ‘joining words’ (连词). For example‚ here are two simple sentences: “I know a man. He has five children.” If you join these two sentences by using the relative pronoun (联系代名词) ‘who’‚ it now becomes a complex sentence: “I know a man who has five children.” (By the way‚ ‘who’ is not pronounced with extra word stress here. You only stress this word when it means ‘ 谁?’‚ which
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the judge has no legal powers to sentence and can therefore only rely on a set mandatory sentence‚ (Scheb‚ 2008). It follows that mandatory sentencing has both negative and positive sides thus the pros and cons that are yet to be discussed. Pros of mandatory sentencing Scheb (2008) reveals that mandatory sentencing is an effective tool for preventing repetitive offences since it acts to deter future crimes. Potential criminals are aware of the type of sentence that they are likely to face and
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Sentence Coherence Coherence means the quality of sticking together. a sentence has coherence when the sentence elements are so arranged as to show their relationship. Clarity in the sentence depends largely on proper word order A. Achieving coherence through proper placement of modifiers A modifier is a word‚ phrase‚ or clause that describes‚ strengthens‚ or clarifies another word (or group of words) in a sentence. When a modifier is placed in its proper position in a sentence‚ a sense
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The question we want to answer today is should sex education be offered in school? In my opinion‚ yes it should. If we offer it‚ less pregnancys would happen. Less sexually transmitted diseases would be passed in. Less emotional/physical pain would occur. This type of education can leave a footprint on your brain. According to seventeen magazine 750‚000 girls get pregnant each year. This number could be cut in half and divided by three if we enforce that it’s not right until marriage. In the 7th
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DESCRIPTIVE SENTENCES 1. The unnamed narrator of the story is a "dreadfully nervous" character who disputed the allegation that he might be crazy. 2. The narrator wanted to show that he is not insane‚ and offered a story as proof. 3. There was the narrator’s creepy fascination with the old man’s eye as further proof of lunacy. 4. The narrator became obsessed with the diseased eye of the old man. 5. The narrator likened it to a vulture’s eye and is so haunted by the Evil Eye that he decided to
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Introduction: Do you know the outcome of lack of sex education‚ which can cause us the worst consequence? “It’s bringing the HIV into our body”‚ according to Former U.S. General Jocelyn Elders at a Community Health Centers of Arkansas. Today‚ I will talk about the consequence of lack of sex education‚ and the advantage of having sex education. According the General Jocelyn Elders‚ the lack of sex makes the children vulnerable to sexual assault and sexually transmitted infections. It is also cost
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