S5 Limit the length of the
sentence. |
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Join no more than two clauses with the words and, but, or because. |
Join
no more than four clauses together with any method. |
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What’s
a clause? A clause is a subject and a verb that go
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The sentence below has one clause. He ran. |
The sentence below has two clauses. He ran and the dog chased. |
The sentence below has seven clauses, which is just too many for one sentence. Suddenly,
the young man veered to the left as the motorcycle appeared
in his lane, so his car skidded onto the shoulder just as the squad-car
turned the corner, which also
used the left side of the road, and
that caused the accident that you see here. |
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