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Join the following ideas together to form a single sentence:
Your desk is untidy. I know your character.
Try to do this in at least two different ways. You can change anything you like so long as the underlying ideas remain the same. See if you can include one of more of these words:
Mess. Sort. Tell.
This exercise appeared in Exercises 12-13 (1933) by NL Clay.
The words of the following sentence have been jumbled up; can you restore the original order, and add suitable punctuation?
the to crowded window bridesmaids the
The bridesmaids crowded to the window.
Can you do it with these sentences as well?
1. another you dance to I with have hoped
2. said why elizabeth a with start
3. woman artful the said he little smiling
1. I hoped to have another dance with you.
2. “Why?” said Elizabeth, with a start.
3. “The artful little woman!” he said, smiling.
Sentences taken from the novels of Thomas Hardy.