Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Chapter 13 I AdverbClauses 217

3. Coalpollutestheairandgivesoffa lotofcarbondioxide.MostEuropean
   nationshaveswitchedtonaturalgasornuclearpowertoproduceelectricity.


4. IntheUnitedStates,incontrast, 56 percentofthenation'selectricityis
   generatedbyburningcoal.Coalis cheapandplentiful.


5. TheparliamentarysysteminEuropeisdifferent.AEuropeanheadof
   governmenthasmorepowerthana U.S.presidenttoforceindustrytomake
   environmentallyresponsiblechanges.

B. Imaginethatyouhavea summerjobasanadministrativeassistanttoa company
manager.Oneofyourdutiesistowritelettersforthemanagerto-sign.Some
oftheletterstothecompany'sclientsandemployeescontaingoodnews,and
somecontainbadnews.Completethefollowingfirstsentencesineachletter
withreasonclauses.Useallthreesubordinatorsat leastonce.Also,varythe
orderoftheclauses,sometimesputtingthereasonclausefirstandsometimes
last.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

GoodNewsletters

Dear _

I ampleasedtoinformyouthat ...

1. ...youhavewonthesalespersonoftheyearaward
   becauseyoursaleshaveshownsuchoutstanding'growthoverthepast
   12 months.you haveWonthesalespersonoftheyearaward.


2. ... weareincreasingthelimitonyourcreditcardto$5,000 '"


3. ... thecompanyhasdecidedtoofferyoua raise ...


4. ... wehavedecidedtoextendthetimelimitforrepaymentofyourloan ...