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He visited his instructor during office hours.

Review Exercise 14-4 Connecting

Sentences Using Coordination or

Subordination

There are eighteen sentences in the paragraph. Connect them using

coordination and subordination, so that you have no more than nine

sentences when you are through. Be sure to use both techniques.

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Most people know that “getting onto one’s soapbox” means giving a
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heartfelt opinion. Fewer people are familiar with the origin of the
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term. The term dates back to a time when large wooden crates were
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used to ship soap. It comes from a practice that was popular in the
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1800s and early 1900s. A person who wanted to express an opinion
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publicly would first find a public park or street corner. He would
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find an improvised platform, often a large, sturdy soapbox. Standing
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on the box, he would speak his mind. An audience was not guaranteed.
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If his oratorical skills were good, he might gather a crowd. If

they were poor, he might be heckled or have no audience at all.
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Audiences cheered speakers that they agreed with. Speakers they
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disagreed with met a less pleasant fate. Audiences showed their
displeasure by throwing tomatoes or fruit, preferably rotten, at the

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speaker. He would end his speech quickly and leave, humiliated and
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