Writing Handbook Exercises
 

Subordination

Combine the pairs of sentences below into a single sentence by converting one of the sentences into a subordinate clause. Where appropriate, use one of the following subordinators: Although, Though, Because, If, When, or While. Write your finished sentences in the blanks provided.

example:

The College itself is 125 years old.

The military history of the Point Frederick campus goes back well over two hundred years.

Although/Though the College itself is 125 year old, the military history of the Point Frederick campus goes back well over two hundred years.

9. Lieutenant Colonel Crawford has argued that military service can provide ethnic minority communities with a sense that they are valuable elements of the social and political system.

Crawford's argument depends on regarding American experience as a reliable guide to military sociology.