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4. Building a Compound Sentence 5. Building a Complex Sentence 5. Building a Complex Sentence
Use coordinate conjunctions when two Use subordination to help the main idea stand out 4. Children are receptive to computers. They
sentences are about equally important. and to clarify relationships in sentence.
learn about them at an early age.( Adverb
1. Janet received a grant. She wanted to study
Arteries carry blood away from the heart. thermal science. (Adjective clause) clause)
Veins carry blood to the heart. Janet, who received a grant, wanted to study Children are receptive to computers,
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, thermal science. because they learn about them at an early
but veins carry blood to the heart. 2. Here is a machine called a respirator. The machine
age.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart; helps patients breathe. (Adjective clause)
veins carry blood to the heart. Here is a machine called a respirator that helps 5. Someone will arrive first. That person will
patients breathe. get the best seat. (Noun clause)
Arteries carry blood away from the heart, 3. Sailing ships were sometimes trapped in the harbor
while veins carry blood to the heart. bay. There wasn’t enough wind to sail. (Adverb Whoever arrives first will get the best seat.
clause)
Sailing ships were sometimes trapped in the harbor
Technical bay when there wasn’t enough wind to sail.Technical Technical
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To contribute to a sense of “flow” 3. Use concise wording to create
in a sentence, we consider “order” more powerful sentences.
Eliminate all grammatically unnecessary wording and
Subordination: Put the information you want (5.)order redundancy of content. Use a phrase instead of a
To emphasize a part of a sentence, place it at or toward dependent clause or a word instead of a phrase if
to emphasize in the main clause and the less the beginning of the sentence. you can do so without losing the effectiveness of
important ideas in a dependent clause or Example: Through the gate and down the road galloped the sentence.
the horse. (emphasize: Through the gate and down ) Example 1. Omit words:
phrase. Put informations familiar to readers at the beginning Wordy: I feel that my employer has not recognized the
of a sentence, new information at the end. fact that many of the employees of this company
Example: My neighbor listened to The loose sentence begins with the main point (an feel they are ignored.
music while he was doing yard work. independent clause), followed by particle phrase or
subordinate clause. The loose sentence, often seen
More concise: My employer has not recognized that
many of his employees feel ignored.
in a technical writing, is simpler, more nature and
While my neighbor was doing yard direct.
Example 2. Combine words groups:
Wordy: John was frustrated and impatient; he had
work, he listened to music. Example: Several applicants arrived early this morning,
hoping to find positions as engineers.
waited for the bus for forty minutes, and the bus
was long overdue.
More concise: John was frustrated and impatient
owing to having waited forty minutes for the long
Technical Technical overdue bus. Technical
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