Writing Academic English 4th Edition

:PRACTICE 3

ButversusYet

PRACTICE 4

Compound

Sentenceswith

Coordinators

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Whichcoordinatorwouldyouusetoconnectthetwoclausesinthesesentences?

Wliteeitherbutoryetintheblankspace.

1 a. Toomuchsundamagestheskin, manypeoplestilldonotuse

sunscreen.

b. Toomuchsundamagestheskin, toolittlesunalsocauses

healthproblems.

2a. Thecompany'ssalesincreasedlastyear, itsprofitsdeclined.

b. ThecompanymoveditsmarketingdivisiontoPhoenix, the

operationsdivisionstayedinBoston.

3a. Populationgrowthhasslowedinmostdevelopingcountries, _

ithasnotslowedenoughtoavoidseriousproblems.

b. ThefertilityrateinIndiahasdecreasedfrom6 to3 birthsperfemale,

____India'spopulationis expandingattherateof 18 million

peryear.

A. Formcompoundsentencesbyaddinganotherindependentclausetothe

followingindependentclauses.Besuretowritea completeclausecontaining

a subjectanda verb.Circlethecoordinatorandaddpunctuation.Thefirstone

hasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1.Thecollegecampusis locatedinthecenterofthecity;@itisveryeasyto

gettherebypublictransportation.

2. AccordingtotheBigBangTheory,theuniversebeganexpandingabout
   13.7billionyearsagoand _


3. Doestheuniversehaveanouteredgeor
   ---------------------------?


4. Scientistspredictthatintelligentlifeexistssomewhereintheuniversebut


5. Marsprobeshavephotographedrockswithwatermarkingsonthemyet
   6. Wemaynotbeabletocommunicatewithotherlifeformsfor _


6. Insteadoftaldngthepsychologyfinalexam,wecanwritea lO-page
   researchpaperor
   8. I wanttowritea researchpaperyet
   9. Threeweeksbeforetheendoftheterm,I hadnotstmiedmypapernor__


7. I neededhelpchoosinga topicso _