Learning to combine ideas into more complex sentences is an important skill in writing. There are many ways to do this--many possible bonus points! Try to combine the following three sentences.
Sentence 1: Barack Obama easily won the US presidential election on November 4th and is now the president-elect.
Sentence 2: He will be sworn in as president on January 20th.
Sentence 3: Starting his presidency, he will face many financial and economic difficulties.
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Although Barack Obama easily won the US presidential election on November 4th and he's now the president-elect, he'll be sworn as president on January 20th; then, he'll face many financial and economic difficulties as his presidency begins.
Barack Obama easily won the US presidential election on November 4th and is now the president-elect; he will be sworn in as president on January 20th and will face many financial and economic difficulties.
Sara: You're on the right track here; now pay attention to detail.
Seiko: That's a good way of doing it.
Although Barack Obama easily won the US presidential election on November 4th and is now the president-elect, he'll be sworn in as president on January 20th and face many financial and economic difficulties as his presidency begins.
Barack Obama, who easily won the US presidential election on November 4th, is now the president-elect; he will be sworn in as president on January 20th and will face many financial and economic difficulties.
Sara: That's better but note that your use of "although" is incorrect--it means that the second clause would be an unexpected result of the first one, and that's not so.
Kelly: A good answer.
My mistake. Let me try it without the although :)
Barack Obama easily won the US presidential election on November 4th and is now the president-elect, he'll be sworn in as president on January 20th & will face many financial & economic difficulties.
I also thought the "as his presidency begins" was unnecessary in my previous post.
Sara: That is better, but remember that you need a semicolon between two independent clauses.
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