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Maj Posted 22 years ago
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She was so happy to have somebody to help her with the housework. She had been too proud to accept any help in the past. Could these two sentences be linked together in one?
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How about slipping in 'although' between the two sentences or reversing the sentences and starting the first sentence with 'Although'.
- How about slipping in 'although' between the two sentences or reversing the sentences and starting the first sentence with 'Although'.
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How about slipping in 'although' between the two sentences or reversing the sentences and starting the first sentence with 'Although'.
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You could use a semi-colon instead of the first full stop, to make them two clauses of a single sentence. It makes quite a long sentence though; your reader might end up breathless.
(Notice how I just slipped one in, there, to show you?)
You could simplify slightly:
"She was so happy to have help with the housework; she had been too proud to accept any in the past."
(Notice how I just slipped one in, there, to show you?)
You could simplify slightly:
"She was so happy to have help with the housework; she had been too proud to accept any in the past."
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As I definitively wouldn't like any of my potential readers end up out of breath, I'd rather use the first option:
Although she was so happy to have help with the housework she had been too proud to accept any in the past.
Would this one be correct now?
Although she was so happy to have help with the housework she had been too proud to accept any in the past.
Would this one be correct now?
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Hi again,
It is grammatically correct (I might insert a comma after "housework", but this is optional).
However, I think insertion of "although" changes the meaning slightly. Your original sentence didn't convey to me that she was happy "although" she'd refused help in the past. Instead, it was almost as if she was happy "because" she'd refused help in the past (i.e. she has
It is grammatically correct (I might insert a comma after "housework", but this is optional).
However, I think insertion of "although" changes the meaning slightly. Your original sentence didn't convey to me that she was happy "although" she'd refused help in the past. Instead, it was almost as if she was happy "because" she'd refused help in the past (i.e. she has
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