1. Simon Nham

2. Sentence combining is:  Making the sentence smoother  Easier to understand or clarify  Putting detailed sentence of two or more short, choppy sentences

3.  Short sentences are easy to read, but several of them in a row can become so monotonous that meaning gets lost.  In other words, it gets you or the reader BORED.

4. A BMW screamed around the corner. The BMW was fire-red. It screeched to a stop in front of the doors. The doors led into the school.

5. The fire-red BMW screamed around the corner and screeched to a stop in front of the school doors. Screaming around the corner, the fire-red BMW screeched to a stop in front of the school doors.

6.  Punctuation- combining sentences using punctuation marks such as dash (-), semicolons(;) and colons (:)  Coordination- combining sentences using conjunction words such as FANBOYS  Subordination- making one sentence more important than the other ( one independent and one dependent clause)  Reduction- reducing sentences into phrases  Apposition-the second expression that is supporting the first expression

7.  1. Hartford is the capital of Connecticut. It is the second largest city in the state.  2. Hartford was once known as an industrial center. It was the home of several manufacturers. They made firearms, typewriters, bicycles, and even cars.

8.  1. Hartford, the second largest city in the state, is the capital of Connecticut.  2. Once known as an industrial center, Hartford was the home of manufacturers of firearms, typewriters, bicycles, and even cars.

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