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Note: The primary objective of this assignment is to have students combine main clauses. In the process, however, we can help them explore the implications of that combining. The sentences in the exercises are given below in blue. Below them, Marshall's originals are explored. Even as a conjunction, "but" has an implicit meaning of "except." In general, "and" implies a continuation in the direction of thought presented in the first main clause; "but," on the other hand, suggests an exception to what the reader (or hearer) probably expected. 1. Robin was not a coward. He was not afraid. Robin was not a coward (PN), | and he was not afraid (PA). |2. He had one son also named Robert. People called him Robin. He had one son (DO) also named Robert [#1], | but people called him Robin [#2]. |3. Birds sang and twittered in the branches. All the world was full of beauty. Birds sang and twittered {in the branches}, | and all the world was full (PA) {of beauty}. |4. There was a fierce and terrible fight. In the end Robert and all his men were killed. There was a fierce and terrible fight (PN), | but {in the end} Robert and all his men were killed (P). |5. She was very sad and lonely now. All the world seemed dark and dreary. She was very sad (PA) and lonely (PA) now, | and all the world seemed dark (PA) and dreary (PA). |6. The King laughed and said nothing. The next day he and his twelve nobles disguised themselves as monks, and rode out into the forest. The King laughed and said nothing (DO), | but the next day [NuA] he and his twelve nobles disguised themselves (DO) {as monks}, and rode out {into the forest}. | Notes 2. KISS treats "Robin" as a predicate noun after an ellipsed infinitive "to be." "Him" is the subject of the infinitive, and the infinitive phrase "him *to be* Robin" functions as the direct object of "called." |