Download work on clauses

LEADING PARTS:
Two sentences with the same subject:
Men everywhere are trying to decide which color of roses will say “I love you” best.
They are willing to shell out top dollar for long-stemmed roses.
The Senate is wrestling with the troop surge and associated funding bills. They must deal
with voters opposed to the war.
A sentence with two or more verbs
Buffy has no idea whatsoever that Spike harbors an affection for her and blithely makes
Valentine’s Day plans with her mother.
Clarissa had promised to weed the garden this year and dutifully ordered gallons of
Round Up herbicide.
Cutting who or which
Buffy, who is a seasoned vampire-slayer, attends a mythical SoCal college full-time.
Google, which continues to beat MicroSoft, has an innovative work environment
complete with fussball.
INNER PARTS
Same subject, move verb phrase to interior
Globalization continues almost unabated in South Asia. It dominates telecommunication.
Vampires had nearly faded from popular culture in the 70s. They were resurrected by
Anne Rice’s eerie books.
Compound predicate with and, or, or but; losing one to a clause
NASA engineers are revising Hubble re-entry protocols and have redeployed the
intercept teams.
Buffy donned the perfect black dress but was surprised to hear the zipper break.
Trimming who or which
English composition, which is a favorite subject, continues to be required at the junior
level.
The University of Maryland alum Jim Henson, who was America’s beloved puppeteer,
died in the mid 1990s of a strep infection.
Valentine, Iowa, which is a small town in the heartland, is a favorite postmark destination
in mid February.
TRAILING PARTS
Same subject
She knew just the perfect color of a Valentine rose. It was a salmon blush, yet lipstickkiss red, touched with coral glow and sealed with Barbie pink.
The director paid his actors under the table. He stashed the cash in envelopes in flower
pots off stage.
Compound predicate
Prince’s Superbowl show went on despite the rain and provoked some controversy
concerning his guitar position.
Walking down the street in Denver, he was impressed the number of cowboy books and
was determined to buy a pair.
Punctuation:
Colon, semi colon, quote marks
Fragments?
Starting with and or but.
Strategic placement of short sentences: beginning and end.
ALERT: I disagree with it and there.