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Multiple Ways of Combining Sentences
Exercise # 3
Write your answers on separate paper.

The Original Sentences:

Most criminals prefer a weak vulnerable victim. They prey on women or the elderly.


1. Combine the two sentences using a colon, semicolon, or dash. Briefly explain why you used the punctuation mark that you chose. [You may, if you wish, write only those parts of the sentence that would be changed.]

Use a subordinate conjunction to combine the two sentences to establish the indicated logical connection and focus.

2 [Focus on "prefer"; logical connection = cause/effect (result)]
 

3 [Focus on "prey"; logical connection = cause/effect]