The Art of Styling Sentences Pattern 8

Dependent Clauses in a Pair or in a Series (at the beginning or end of a sentence) If …, if …, if …, then S V When …, when …, when …, S V S V that …, that …, that… .

Explanation Don’t overuse this one. Use it: At the end of a single paragraph to summarize the major points In structuring a thesis statement having three or more points In the introductory or concluding paragraph to bring together the main points into one sentence

Examples Whether you use a Mac or whether you use a PC, you can play great games on the computer With her savings and with her mothers help, she bought a new car I know that she was right, that her reasons were convincing and that I’d be better off if I did it, but I still don’t want to move.

Exercises Whether you feel ___________________ or whether you feel _____________________, you _________________. If your teachers says read it twice, if _____________ or if ________________, you’d better follow your teacher’s wishes rather than your friend’s. The baseball manager shouted that the umpires_______________________, that the other team’s manager ______________________, and that the other team’s manager _______________________.