Exercises

	Writing Handbook Exercises

Using Coordination Combine the pairs and sequences of sentences below using methods of coordination. That is, join independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction or items in a series with a concluding comma and (, and . . .). In some cases, due to length or emphasis, it will be most effective to link ideas by placing a coordinating conjunction at the beginning of a sentence or by using a semicolon. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided. example: In a liberal democracy like Canada, national defence is a shared activity. It is shared by the people. It is shared by the Parliament. It is shared by the Canadian Forces. In a liberal democracy like Canada, national defence is an activity shared by the people, the Parliament, and the Canadian Forces.

9. Senior Canadian officers have known since the first days of UN peacekeeping missions that the UN has no reliable system for controlling and supporting units in the field. Canadian governments, evidently on the advice of these officers, have repeatedly deployed forces in these circumstances, in some cases in seeming disregard of the obvious dangers of doing so.


9. Senior Canadian officers have known since the first days of UN peacekeeping missions that the UN has no reliable system for controlling and supporting units in the field. Yet Canadian governments, evidently on the advice of these officers, have repeatedly deployed forces in these circumstances, in some cases in seeming disregard of the obvious dangers of doing so.