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Linking, listing and nesting clauses

Task B - linking clauses

accessible / text version of taskWe will now take two simple sentences and join them together, using linking. The two sentences we are going to use are:

John kissed Mary

Mary kissed John

 

 

 

Yes, that amatory couple from Topic 4 are at it again!
Click on the sentences to see them again.

Type the two sentences together as a linking structure in the box below and then compare your version with ours.

Our Answer

John kissed Mary and Mary kissed John

Textually, using linking coordination, as compared with listing, for example, often has the effect of seeming to slow down slightly the rate at which the second action follows the first.

Here we have used the coordinating conjunction 'and'. We could also have used 'but' or 'or' but these coordinators are not semantically apposite in relation to the two clauses involved. A few word changes will help us though:

John kissed Mary but Mary licked John

John kissed Mary or perhaps he kissed Elizabeth

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