comm 1 tf 10:30-12 exercise assignment

comm 1 tf 10:30-12 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.

* Mark Twain, who lived in Hatford for several years and whose real name is Samuel L. Clemens, is the author of a classic American novel entitled 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, a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe who is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, has a house situated on on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm which was very elaborate and elegant.

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.

*Windows and a balcony, that people today say remind them of a steamboat, overlook the large side porch of Mark Twain's home who, in his youth, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi.

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.

*The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven and Mark Twain was of the first three people in Hatford to own a telephone but there was practically no one to talk to so he did not really like this newfangled gadget.
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, who loved industrial inventions such as the elaborate Paige typesetter, lost a fortune investing in them. Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype, a machine which was 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 the Hatford home that's why Twain never felt the same about the house again and soon left the house and Hatford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.