Wednesday, August 10, 2011



Joining Sentences ( Assignment # 3)


1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.


Mark Twain whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens was the author of the classic American novel entitled Huckleberry Finn and lived in Hartford for several years.

2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 


Mark Twain lived in a very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm and was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi.

The windows and the balcony that overlook the large size porch of Mark Twain’s home remind people today of a steamboat, something which Twain used to pilot in his youth on the Mississippi.

4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget.
 

Mark Twain was one of the three people in Hartford to own a telephone which was first used in nearby New Haven but never really liked this new fangled gadget since there was practically no one to talk to.

5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain’s love for Industrial inventions lost him a fortune when he invested on the elaborate Paige typesetter which, unfortunately for him, was developed at the same time as the Linotype, a much simpler and less expensive machine.


6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.


Mark Twain’s beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home which made him to never feel the same about the house again, hence left it and returned only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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