Combining Sentences

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7? (6) My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school. (7) She is having a hard time in math.

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My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 2 and 3? (2) I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money. (3) I said I would pay them back later, but my dad told me no.

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I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, saying I would pay them back later, but my dad told me no.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 3 and 4? (3) But online networking promotes short, superficial connections.

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But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial connections.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 15 and 16? (15) Furthermore, the batteries in an electric car weaken over time. (16) Eventually they allow a person to travel even fewer miles between charges.

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Furthermore, the batteries in an electric car weaken over time, eventually allowing a person to travel even fewer miles between charges.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 12 and 13? (12) Amy Cuddy did a study on how “power poses” affect people. (13) She is a social psychologist at Harvard University.

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Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, did a study on how “power poses” affect people.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8? (7) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude. (8) Then he ran through an extensive checklist.

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After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, then he ran through an extensive checklist.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 10 and 11? (10) This idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined. (11) They wanted to separate from Great Britain and form their own nation.

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This idea of taxation without representation is part of the reason our forefathers were determined to separate from Great Britain and form their own nation.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7? (6) Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability. (7) He is known as the “human calculator.”

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Scott Flansburg, who is known as the “human calculator,” is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8? (7) Afterward Grady became upset and ran toward the nearest source of light. (8) She probably thought it was an exit from the barn.

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Afterward Grady became upset and ran toward the nearest source of light, probably thinking it was an exit from the barn.

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What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8? (7) He used a wheelchair to get around. (8) He communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

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He used a wheelchair to get around and communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.