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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
simple sentence
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Please tell me how I can combine them into one simple sentence.
I forgot my birthday. My teacher wished me on that day.
Please tell me how I can combine them into one simple sentence.
I forgot my birthday. My teacher wished me on that day.
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Please tell me how I can combine them into one simple sentence. I forgot my birthday. My teacher wished me a happy birthday on that day.
- Please tell me how I can combine them into one simple sentence.
- I forgot my birthday.
- My teacher wished me a happy birthday on that day.
- The verb 'wished' needs an object, so I have added one.
- A simple sentence has only one clause, so you can't combine these two clauses into a simple sentence.
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Please tell me how I can combine them into one simple sentence.
I forgot my birthday. My teacher wished me a happy birthday on that day.
The verb 'wished' needs an object, so I have added one.
A simple sentence has only one clause, so you can't combine these two clauses into a
I forgot my birthday. My teacher wished me a happy birthday on that day.
The verb 'wished' needs an object, so I have added one.
A simple sentence has only one clause, so you can't combine these two clauses into a
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Thank you, Clive.
Clive, I think I need to get this cleared.
You say two clauses can't be combined to form a simple sentence. Please tell me if this is OK.
She heard the noise. She rushed out to see.
Hearing the noise she rushed out.
Here I combined two clauses to form a simple sentence. One of the clauses has been converted into a participle phrase- Hearing the noise.
Clive, I think I need to get this cleared.
You say two clauses can't be combined to form a simple sentence. Please tell me if this is OK.
She heard the noise. She rushed out to see.
Hearing the noise she rushed out.
Here I combined two clauses to form a simple sentence. One of the clauses has been converted into a participle phrase- Hearing the noise.
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Yes, that's fine to me, although other people may argue that the 'phrase' is really better called a clause.
Do you want to try rewording your original two sentences as one?
Clive
Do you want to try rewording your original two sentences as one?
Clive
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