Coordination Examples

Original

This knowledge is crucial to the reader and why I believe that knowing the practices of the Discourse is so valuable and play a huge role within a Discourse.

Revised

This knowledge is crucial to the reader and why I believe that knowing the practices of the Discourse is so valuable and display what a huge role they play within a Discourse.

Explanation

This an example of a compound sentence because I begin the sentence with the first thought that knowledge of practices is crucial in a Discourse. I then compound using “and” to further my claim and add the similar ideas that this knowledge plays a huge role in Science Discourse.

 

Original

What the author is saying is that within a scientific paper, your results section is most important and what you should focus on most.

Revised

 What the author is saying is that within a scientific paper, your results section is most important and that you should focus on it the most.

Explanation

This an example of a compound sentence because I begin the sentence with explaining that the results section is the most important in a scientific paper. I then add using “and” that the results are the authors main focus of a paper.

 

Original

[The IMRAD Cheat Sheet] gives great insights on how one should structure their paper and what is significant.

Revised

 [The IMRAD Cheat Sheet] gives great insights on how one should structure their paper and what is significant in a paper.

Explanation

This an example of a compound sentence because I begin by stating that that the IMRAD Cheat Sheet gives the readers a great insight on how they should structure a scientific paper. I then add using “and” that the Cheat Sheet also displays what is significant in a paper.

 

Subordination Examples

Original

[Results] are both very valuable to the reader because they are being told not only what is significant in scientific papers, but practices within the Discourse.

Revised

[Results] are very valuable to the reader because they are being told not only what is significant in scientific papers, but practices within the Discourse.

Explanation

This is an example of a complex sentence because the sentence starts with the statement that the results in a scientific paper are very valuable. I explain that they are valuable “because” they include practices and what is significant in the Scientific Discourse.

 

Original

But each [Building Task] has its own importance and I believe three are the most important; Significance and Practices.

Revised

But each [Building Task] has its own importance; I believe two are the most important being Significance and Practices.

Explanation

This is an example of a complex sentence because the sentence starts with the statement that each building task has its importance in the Scientific Discourse. I then explain using a semicolon that I believe that Significance and Practices are the most important of the building tasks. 

 

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