Complex Sentences
In the nineteenth century the land that once belonged to Mexico became American soil.
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In the nineteenth century, the land that once belonged to Mexico became American soil.
For decades, we have found comfort even hope in superheroes.
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For decades, we have found comfort, even hope, in superheroes.
I don't enjoy football. _____________, I don't watch it on TV.
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I don't enjoy football. Therefore, I don't watch it on TV.
I don't enjoy football. So, I don't watch it on TV.
Tyger Salazar had hurled himself out a thirty-nine-story window leaving a terrible mess on the marble plaza below.
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Tyger Salazar had hurled himself out a thirty-nine-story window, leaving a terrible mess on the marble plaza below.
Tupac Amaru Shakur more famously known as Tupac, was a rapper who was known for his many talents such as dancing, ballet, poetry, singing, and acting.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur, more famously known as Tupac, was a rapper who was known for his many talents such as dancing, ballet, poetry, singing, and acting.
A) For this reason
B) In contrast
C) Finally
I am obsessed with dinosaur toys. For this reason, I collect them.
Although pizza is delicious I prefer homemade meals so I often cook pasta or stir-fry vegetables for dinner.
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Although pizza is delicious, I prefer homemade meals, so I often cook pasta or stir-fry vegetables for dinner.
It dawned on me that my fake bravado was just another more insidious manifestation of the coward.
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It dawned on me that my fake bravado was just another, more insidious, manifestation of the coward.
One student didn't do her work, and she failed. _____________, another student did his work and passed.
A) So
B) Additionally
C) In contrast
One student didn't do her work, and she failed. In contrast, another student did his work and passed.
He tightened his grip on his steering wheel hoping his calculations were correct.
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He tightened his grip on his steering wheel, hoping his calculations were correct.
Rowan at sixteen had resolved he would experience gray hair before he turned his first corner-and even then, he wouldn't reset so far down as to be embarrassing.
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Rowan, at sixteen, had resolved he would experience gray hair before he turned his first corner-and even then, he wouldn't reset so far down as to be embarrassing.
There are many lesser known genres of music. _______________, Folktronica combines folk and electronic music, which is unusual.
A) Additionally
B) For instance
C) In contrast
There are many lesser known genres of music. For instance, Folktronica combines folk and electronic music, which is unusual.
Before that attack I had felt fear plenty of times — which poor immigrant kid hasn’t? — but after my beating I became afraid.
This sentence needs two commas to organize dependent clauses. What words should they follow?
Before that attack, I had felt fear plenty of times — which poor immigrant kid hasn’t? — but after my beating, I became afraid.
I had just entered seventh grade, was at peak adolescent craziness and to make matters worse was dealing with a new middle school whose dreary white middle-class bigotry was cutting the heart out of me.
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I had just entered seventh grade, was at peak adolescent craziness and, to make matters worse, was dealing with a new middle school whose dreary white middle-class bigotry was cutting the heart out of me.
He was worried there would be a math test today. ____________, when he arrived, he saw that the desks were arranged for testing.
A) Next
B) Then
C) Sure enough
He was worried there would be a math test today. Sure enough, when he arrived, he saw that the desks were arranged for testing.