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.

A. Calories in Filipino Foods

Calories in Filipino Foods by Dr. Philip S. Chua is about how people today are more conscious of their health and find it helpful to know the amount of calories they consume when eating certain foods and burn when doing certain tasks, and in explaining so he has mentioned many numbers and specifics. The author makes use of this to describes the topic concretely and specifically, and the situations and objects he uses are very concrete. For example, when explaining the concept of burning calories, he creates a concrete explanation by using an example we are constantly acquainted with: cooking. He tells us that we can burn eighty-six calories when cooking for thirty minutes, showing us a task that we can concretely envision because we know what it feels like to cook and know what the task of cooking looks like. We also acknowledge cooking with our sense of sound, thinking of the sound of the fire burning and the bubbling of water and sauces, and our sense of smell. He then maintains the continuous arrays of explanations by being specific, and creates a specific description when he speaks of the calorie consumption in eating fruits. He starts off by introducing fruits as the new subtopic of calorie consumption, but then continues by mentioning specific fruits, making the topic more specific than it first was. He doesn't state that you can gain forty calories by eating 'fruits', but instead states that you can gain forty calories from eating half an apple, ten grapes, one slice of melon and so on, also keeping specific by mentioning exact values in terms of calories. Therefore he starts off and ends up his topic in concrete and specific terms, engaging readers with health consciousness through calorie-awareness.

B. Indian Food

The author of Indian Food starts off immediately by setting the standard visual: "Indian food is different from the rest of the world not only in taste but also in cooking methods." He (assuming it is a he) manages to be both concrete and specific all at once. He is concrete by mentioning 'taste' and 'cooking methods', two words that lead to very clear sensory imagination. And interestingly enough, he is also specific because of the exact same words. He had mentioned that Indian food was "different", and yet he braved beyond that generalization to mention what it was that exactly made it so - the taste and cooking methods. The author then continues on with the same concrete and specific touch as he describes the different Indian foods. Again he is specific by going past just 'Indian food' to speaking of 'North Indian Food', 'West Indian Food', 'East Indian Food' and 'South Indian Food'. Furthermore, when he describes each type of Indian food, he alerts man's five senses by bringing forth examples of, say, West Indian food in Goa, like the sweet and sour Vindaloo, duck baffad, etc; he mentions examples of the chapatis found under the North Indian food category by giving a detailed description of how it is prepared, all in all staying very concrete and specific throughout his topic, and giving readers a very vivid insight and explanation on the many variations of Indian food.

TURN OUT THE LITE... by ANDERSON DIGBY
[Negative]
* The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the gril and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage.
*Lite is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children.
*So booming Lite business gives us a picture of the American and British consumer of food. He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish.
*Our moraility is Lite, childish, and diluted.
*The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.

NOSTALGIA FOR KERALA (AND ITS FOOD) by PETE CHERCHES
[Positive]
*There are beautiful beaches and backwaters, places of great historical interest, reflecting the region's varied colonial past, and an overall sense of contentment and well-being among the people.
*Kerala is a success story of the developing world.
*It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti.
*Keralan cuisine is one of the world's great culinary secrets.
*I took the LIRR out on a beautiful late summer day for lunch, and the walk was rather pleasant.