Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant writer. He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Which is the best way to combin
e the sentences? Thomas Jefferson, which was a brilliant writer, was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Even if Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant writer, he was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, who was a brilliant writer, was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Although Thomas Jefferson was a brilliant writer, he was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
The best way to combine the sentences is: Thomas Jefferson, who was a brilliant writer, was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
When sentences are closely related in meaning and belong together, we can <u>combine two or more into one sentence</u>. There are<u> five ways</u> of combining a sentence:
<u>Punctuation:</u> Sentences are combined using punctuation marks.
<u>Coordination: </u>Coordinating conjunctions are used to combine sentences (and, or, but, so)
<u>Subordination:</u> It is a way of combining sentences that makes one sentence more important than the other.
<u>Reduction:</u> Reducing a sentence into a phrase.
<u>Apposition:</u> In apposition, we take a word or a phrase and place it in a parallel position to a noun in the sentence.
In this particular case, the way of combining the sentences was apposition. Another example of this combining way would be: "Sarah, who was a remarkable student, always did her homework".