文档介绍：Doctorate English Program Academic Writing Course
Slide Series 7
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We have three methods of joining independent clauses to pound sentences:
(1) using coordinating conjunctions;
(2) using the semicolon, either with or without conjunctive adverbs; and
(3) for limited situations, using the colon.
(1) Conjunctions
The curtain rose to reveal a perfectly bare stage, and a stillness settled over the audience.
Peter filled the bags with hot roasted peanuts, and I stapled them shut.
Such sentences can be effective when used sparingly, but the writer will seem immature when overused.
Most effective when the ideas have relatively equal importance.
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(2) using the semicolon, either with or without conjunctive adverbs
The curtain rose; a stillness settled over the audience.
Peter filled the bags with hot roasted peanuts; I stapled them shut.
The semicolon is also used when a conjunctive adverb introduces the second clause. Note, too, that the conjunctive adverb is set off by ma.
We knew our colleagues didn’t have a hope of finishing the work on time; nevertheless, for weeks on end they worked tirelessly.
Of all the adverbial conjunctions, only yet and so can be used with ma instead of a semicolon between clauses.
Several formations of birds were flying northward, yet I suspected that winter was far from over.
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(3) for limited situations, using the colon
As a sentence connector, the colon is rather specialized. The colon makes an announcement of sorts. It means “namely”.
I’m taking three courses this semester: advanced English writing, politics, anic chemistry.
When the colon signals plete sentence, the message is similar.
We finally made a decision: We would sell the house and move.
Beijing is a colorful city: It’s the capital of China.
Combine the following groups of sentences pound sentences, using conjunctions of your choice, including conjunctive adverbs. In each case there are a number of possible ways bine them, depending