The Complex Sentence

Exercise 1. Comment on the use or the absence of punctuation in the following sentences.

1. When Jerry lost his temper, he also lost his job. 2. What hurt him most was the fact that he was being pursued as a thief. 3. It was an axiom with the Forsytes that people did not go anywhere unless they wanted something. 4. I checked my money before I invited Tom for lunch. 5. After stopping drinking coffee, I began sleeping better at night. 6. When his son breaks something, he always has an excuse. 7. It is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. 8. There is no explaining why out of three dozen boys in a neighbourhood one becomes a friend and the others are forever only acquaintances, or rivals, and even enemies. 9. As I tell everybody, I draw my own conclusion. 10. He was, she saw, perfectly happy. 11. The people died so fast that it was hardly possible to bury them. 12. What he said was so unexpected that at the first moment she could hardly gather its sense. 13. If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss. 14. This painting here, which I examined with excitement and delight before you came in, permit me to tell you it is superb. 15. He had a feeling that she must think it odd of him to make no sign. 16. The change was so sudden that I was shocked, and a little scared. 17. It isn’t the sort of thing one should talk in private. 18. The only reason I didn’t have money lying around all over the place was because I had been informed by Pat Duggan that it was bad manners. 19. After a week or so, I got bored and wasn’t at all sad when my mother said we should be heading back home. 20. I wondered what he would say if he knew my thoughts. 21. She looked as if she hadn’t eaten for a few days. 22. Students, who use the library free of charge, must show their IDs. 23. Henry is now in good health, although he has been an invalid most of his life. 24. Because my sister is allergic to cat fur and dust, our family doesn’t own a cat or have ant dust-catching drapes or rugs. 25. Tony asked Lola, “Have you ever had nightmares in which some kind of monster was ready to swallow you?” 26. If he passes his exam, which is very unlikely, I’ll be greatly surprised.

Exercise 2. Place commas where necessary.

1. I expect we shall get on very well when she knows me better. 2. As he was leaving Tom said he would never return. 3. Although Buddhism was born in India in the sixth century B.C. it quickly spread to China Korea Japan and other parts of Asia. 3. At the age of twenty-nine Buddha who was the son of a royal family began to ponder human suffering illness and death. 4. The woman who drove us home was Aunt Jessie. 5. My mother-in-law who is known for her love of children started the first day care centre in Birmingham. 6. Although George had planned to attend medical school and enter his father’s profession he found now that the kind of work he had been doing had a far greater appeal for him. 7. Anyone who saw him could tell that something was troubling him. 8. Ah do not think that I shudder at the thought of grave. 9. Looking back over the last ten years I can see several decisions I made that really changed my life. 10. “You better hurry” Thomas’ mother warned “or you’re going to miss the last bus.” 11. Because Mary is single her married friends do not invite her to their parties. 12. It is my sincere hope that I am the last person that has to define the lack of work as hell. 13. If it were absolutely necessary to choose I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one. 14. Men are born with two eyes but only one tongue in order that they should see twice as much as they say. 15. The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice. (S. Maugham)

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