Comm1 Exercise

In the text-area below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one main thought (independent clause).
1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

Having lived in Hartford for several years, Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens, is the author of Huckleberry Finn.

2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Mark Twain lived in a very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue, in an area called Nook Farm, where his neighbor was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

3.Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi.

Mark Twain, who piloted steamboats on the Mississipi, has a home with a large side porch that has windows and a balcony, which today's people say remind them of a steamboat, overlooking it.  

4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget.

Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, which was first used commercially in nearby New Haven, but he never really liked this newfangled gadget, for there was practically no one to talk to.

5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain lost a fortune investing in industrial inventions such as the elaborate Paige typesetter, which, unfortunately, developed at the same time as the Linotype, a machine that was both much simpler and less expensive.

6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in their Hartford home, which caused Twain to leave the house and Hartford, for he never felt the same about it again, and thus returned only once more for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.