Exercises

	Writing Handbook Exercises

Working with Relative Clauses Revise the sentence pairs below into a single sentence by turning the bold-faced sentence into a relative clause. Determine whether the relative clause needs to be separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided. example: Commander Stephen was concerned about a U-boat. The Admiralty's situation reports had placed the U-boat to the north of the convoy. Commander Stephen was concerned about a U-boat, which the Admiralty's situation reports had placed to the north of the convoy.

8. There are reasons that the field of biographical studies of senior Canadian military leaders has, unfortunately, been very weak, not the least of which is a culture of modesty amongst Canadian military leaders. The accounts of these military leaders' wartime exploits often remain unrecorded.


8. There are reasons that the field of biographical studies of senior Canadian military leaders has, unfortunately, been very weak, not the least of which is a culture of modesty amongst Canadian military leaders, whose accounts of their wartime exploits often remain unrecorded.