Sunday, January 18, 2009

SENTENCE COMBINATION, Jan. 18th, 2010

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.

1.Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009.
2.He has now been in office for a year.
3.Many people expected big things from him despite the problems he encountered.

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10 comments:

uzma said...

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009, been in office for a year; many people expected big things from him despite the problems he encountered.

maya said...

Many people expected big things from Barack Obama despite the problems he encountered when he was inaugurated as president a year ago, in January 20th 2009.

OR

Many people expected big things from Barack Obama when he was inaugurated as president a year ago, in January 20th 2009, despite the problems he encountered.

Veronica Baig said...

UZMA:There's something missing here--perhaps a relative pronoun.
MAYA: The second one is better because of the punctuation:-)

uzma said...

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009,he has been in office for a year; many people expected big things from him despite the problems he encountered.

Veronica Baig said...

UZMA: That's still awkward--do try a relative pronoun;-)

uzma said...

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009,who been in office for a year; many people expected big things from him despite the problems he encountered.

Veronica Baig said...

UZMA: OK, you have added a relative pronoun but it's in the wrong place and it has changed the meaning of the sentence.

uzma said...

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009,he has been in office for a year; many people expected big things from him despite the problems that he encountered.

uzma said...

Barack Obama was inaugurated as president in January 20th 2009,he has been in office for a year; many people expected big things from him despite the problems that he encountered.

Veronica Baig said...

UZMA: I think you need to check what a relative pronoun is;-)