Writing Academic English 4th Edition

258 Part 111 ISentenceStructure

Irolly:sillyact;foolishness

Youcanreducesomeadverbclausesto-ingand-edphrases.

f. Thepeopledidnotunderstand

thevalueofthepurchase.

g. Alaskawaspurchasedfrom

Rus~iain1867.

h. Alaskawasonceconnectedto

Asiabya landbridge.

1. Thepurchasewasnegotiated
   bySecretaryofState
   WilliamH.Seward.

Sentencewith-ingor-edPhrase

Whenenteringa theater,youshould

turnoffyourcellphone.

Havingreadthatthecompany

neededworkers,Johnapplied

fora job.

SentencewithAdverbClause

Whenyouentera theater,you

shouldturnoffyourcellphone.

Becausehehadreadthatthe

companyneededworkers,

Johnappliedfora job.

__6. Alaskabecamethe49thstateof

theUnitedStatesin1959.

__7. ThepurchaseofAlaskawasat

firstcriticized.

__8. ThepeopleoftheUnitedStates

calledit "Seward'sFolly."l

__9. Thestateis nowseparated

fromAsiabyonlya fewmiles

ofwater.

6.

7.

8.

9.

An-ingor-edphrasefromanadverbclausemayoccupyseveralpositionsina sen-

tence.Ifa participialphrasefroma reducedadverbclausecomesinfrontoforinthe

middleoftheindependentclause,punctuateit withcommas.Ifit comesafterthe

independentclause,donotusecommas.

B. Followthesameprocedureforthesesentences.(Thereis morethanone

possiblewaytocombinesomeofthesentences.)

ReducedAdverbClauses