Monday, October 5, 2009

Constructing better sentence

Reduced adverb clauses
He read the book while (he was) having breakfast.

Though(he was) study day and night, he still could not pass his examination.

Reduced relative clauses
The force (which holds) holding the solar system together is called gravity.

Add an adverb or adverbial to give more information on time
At noon, I sat on my sofa and muched my bread hungrily.
[when] [where] [how]

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