Thursday, September 26, 2013
More Practice with Conjunctive Adverbs and Run-Ons
Using the following conjunctive adverbs, construct compound sentences. You may join your sentences with semicolons or comma/conjunctions. If your teacher permits, you may select only three of the following 10 words.
Suggested topic: Whatever is happening today at school or after school.
1. however
2. therefore
3. consequently
4. after (use as a conjunctive adverb, not a preposition)
5. in fact
6. in addition
7. otherwise
8. besides
9. finally
10. furthermore
Suggested topic: Whatever is happening today at school or after school.
1. however
2. therefore
3. consequently
4. after (use as a conjunctive adverb, not a preposition)
5. in fact
6. in addition
7. otherwise
8. besides
9. finally
10. furthermore
Friday, September 13, 2013
Semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, and run-ons
Place semicolons in the correct places (thereby correcting run-ons as needed). Underline the conjunctive adverbs (what I often call transitional words). Be ye careful with transitional words, for they are not conjunctions. They make your ear hear a "transitional flow" and therefore can trick you into thinking that your clauses are "joined," when in fact they are not - thereby creating a run-on situation. Semicolons are solutions to such situations.
Another solution is just to separate the two clauses. Or, you may use a comma and a coordinating conjunction instead of a semicolon. Both choices do the same job of joining two clauses to form a compound. A coordinating conjunction is a "joiner" by nature, but we still want to hear a pause, so we add the comma. I like to think of a "comma and a conjunction" being the equivalent to "a comma and a dot" -- a semicolon. Cool.
1) I got to school at 6:15, which was too early, furthermore, I didn't leave until 7:15 at night.
2) Scheherezade told the sultan many fascinating stories, consequently he didn't murder her.
3) There is a moose on my wall, henceforth he shall be called Boris.
4) I am really, really tired of doing schoolwork, however, I am not finished making these darn semicolon sentences.
5) It is Friday, and tomorrow is Saturday, and the next day is Sunday, praise the Lord.
Another solution is just to separate the two clauses. Or, you may use a comma and a coordinating conjunction instead of a semicolon. Both choices do the same job of joining two clauses to form a compound. A coordinating conjunction is a "joiner" by nature, but we still want to hear a pause, so we add the comma. I like to think of a "comma and a conjunction" being the equivalent to "a comma and a dot" -- a semicolon. Cool.
1) I got to school at 6:15, which was too early, furthermore, I didn't leave until 7:15 at night.
2) Scheherezade told the sultan many fascinating stories, consequently he didn't murder her.
3) There is a moose on my wall, henceforth he shall be called Boris.
4) I am really, really tired of doing schoolwork, however, I am not finished making these darn semicolon sentences.
5) It is Friday, and tomorrow is Saturday, and the next day is Sunday, praise the Lord.
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