THE GENTLE ART OF SENTENCE COMBINING How to graduate from Dick & Jane to College Writing

To get to my house you go left. You pass by these town houses. They all look the same. A couple of blocks down you will see a big yellow sign with bold, black letters. It says Dead End. You pass that sign and you’ll see where I live. There are two buildings. They look like gray shoe boxes. Outside the houses there is a total of about eight cars. Some are trucks, some old, some new. The thing is only half of the vehicles work.

Dick & Jane vs. College Writing To get to my house you go left. You pass by these town houses. They all look the same. To get to my house you go left, passing by town houses that all look the same.

A couple of blocks down you will see a big yellow sign with bold, black letters. It says Dead End. You pass that sign and you’ll see where I live. There are two buildings. They look like gray shoe boxes. A couple of blocks down you will see a big yellow sign with bold, black letters saying Dead End. As you pass that sign, you’ll see two buildings that look like gray shoe boxes. This is where I live.

Outside the houses there is a total of about eight cars. Some are trucks, some old, some new. The thing is that only half of the vehicles work. Outside the houses are about eight cars and trucks, old and new, but only half of them actually run.

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