Sentences+exercise

01-06-10 During this winter break, I made an appointment with my friends and played with them: it was on Friday the 18th. (pattern 3) I thought I was meeting with only two of my friends, Katie and Jerica; however, when I got there, Hee Jin and Rachael was there, too. (pattern 1A) They played with each other from about 12 o'clock to 5 o'clock; I, only from 3 o'clock. (pattern 2) Rachael and Katie had to go when it was 5; Jerica, Hee Jin, and I didn't want to go, but we decided to go home at that time. (pattern 1B)

12-04-09 Page 21 (pattern 4) #1 1. I think this sentence should break up into two shorter ones, because there are two information. The first part mostly says about the region and the second part says about the Cesare, even though the entire thing is suppose to be about the baby that was born. So Jay and I came up with: "Robert Mondavi's father, Cesere, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches- not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now, except for Verdicchio, much of a wine-growing region, and a good deal less so. In 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhere, to be able to sign his name."

12-02-09 Pattern 4: page 23, #1, 2 1. An essay traditionally has three major parts: introduction, body, conclusion. 2. Spaghetti, sushi, sashimi are my favorite foods.

11-30-09 1. Three diamonds! Each worth three thousand pistoles! Sir, I would lay my life down for you sooner than throw you in the dungeon.- three simple sentences 2. There are orders to arrest all foreigners hereabouts, but leave it to me.- compound sentence 3. I have a brother in Dieppe, Normandy; I will take you there; if you have any diamonds for him, he will look after you as if he were looking after me. (semi-colons as well as a comma or two)- sentence that follows pattern number 1a. 4. The abbe now spoke up: "It's because an imbecile from Arras listened to some foolish talk, which was enough to make him go and commit parricide -- not like what happened in May 1610, but like . . ." - compound sentences

11-23-09 1. Pattern 1: two sentences are put into one sentence by a semicolon; those two sentences are related Pattern 2: make the first part of the sentence simple Pattern 3: the first part and the second part are different; the first part is general and simple but the second part is specific and explains the first part. 2. a. The assignment was fairly easy; the students all got A's on their papers. b. The dot-com companies have changed the work week; they now work on Monday to Friday, only.

11-12-09 1. a. Thought is the blossom; language, the bud; action, the fruit. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson b. Sam walks quickly and sprightly to the store; Yunji, lackadaisically. 2. a. Two men devotedly love the King of the Bulgars; Candide, Mademoiselle Cunegonde. b. The orator wanted the answer to the question; Candide, food.

11-05-09  (following the pattern 1b) Group one: The girl looks happy; she has a new car, and her brother has one, too. Group two: The tiger seems restless, and he is really big; he should have more room.

11-11-09  Exercises (pg.14) 3. Seoul had cut down all the trees and is full of smoke from the company; Ireland and Scotland, much greener. 4. All the Children want to go to McDonald's for lunch; the adults, a restaurant.