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Target 10: Adding Detail to Sentences/ Complex Sentences.
I learned how to add detail by joining together two
simple sentences in Target 7.
That’s right. We used a conjunction to
‘glue’ them together.
Example:
Dean was tired. + and + He was hungry. = Dean was tired and he was hungry.
SIMPLE SENTENCE + CONJUNCTION + SIMPLE SENTENCE = COMPOUND SENTENCE
That’s for joining simple sentences together. Is there
any other way we can add information to a sentence?
Yes, we can add information that is not a
complete sentence. Depending on where the
information is added, you may need to use one or
two commas to ‘glue’ the pieces together. This
type of sentence is called a COMPLEX sentence.
Have a look at the example below.
This is not a complete sentence –
This is a complete sentence.
it does not make sense on its own.
The boy scored a goal. + after taking careful aim =
Lets join them together:
The boy scored a goal, after taking careful aim.
OR After taking careful aim, the boy scored a goal.
As you can see, when we add information at the beginning or at the end of a
sentence we only need one comma.
For adding the information in the middle of a sentence, you need TWO commas.
The boy, after taking careful aim, scored a goal.
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