EXERCISE S6–1 Using coordination and subordination
EXERCISE S6-1Using coordination and subordination
Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. He managed the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers for several years after retiring as a player. [Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.]
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Suggested revision: Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960, and he managed the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers for several years after retiring as a player.
EXERCISE S6-1 Using coordination and subordination - Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. He managed the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers for several years after retiring as a player. [Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.]
In 1941, Williams finished the season with a batting average of .406. No player has hit over .400 for a season since then. [Use a semicolon.]
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Suggested revision: In 1941, Williams finished the season with a batting average of .406; no player has hit over .400 for a season since then.
EXERCISE S6-1 Using coordination and subordination - Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - In 1941, Williams finished the season with a batting average of .406. No player has hit over .400 for a season since then. [Use a semicolon.]
Williams acknowledged that Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player. Williams felt that he was a better hitter than DiMaggio. [Use the subordinating conjunction although.]
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Suggested revision: Although he acknowledged that Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player, Williams felt that he was a better hitter than DiMaggio.
EXERCISE S6-1 Using coordination and subordination - Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Williams acknowledged that Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player. Williams felt that he was a better hitter than DiMaggio. [Use the subordinating conjunction although.]
Williams was a stubborn man. He always refused to tip his cap to the crowd after a home run because he claimed that fans were fickle. [Use a semicolon and the transitional phrase for example.]
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Suggested revision: Williams was a stubborn man; for example, he always refused to tip his cap to the crowd after a home run because he claimed that fans were fickle.
EXERCISE S6-1 Using coordination and subordination - Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Williams was a stubborn man. He always refused to tip his cap to the crowd after a home run because he claimed that fans were fickle. [Use a semicolon and the transitional phrase for example.]
Williams’s relationship with the media was unfriendly at best. He sarcastically called baseball writers the “knights of the keyboard” in his memoir. [Use a semicolon.]
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Suggested revision: Williams’s relationship with the media was unfriendly at best; he sarcastically called baseball writers the “knights of the keyboard” in his memoir.
EXERCISE S6-1 Using coordination and subordination - Use the coordination or subordination technique in brackets to combine each pair of independent clauses. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Williams’s relationship with the media was unfriendly at best. He sarcastically called baseball writers the “knights of the keyboard” in his memoir. [Use a semicolon.]