d_, _equally
important_, _another interesting problem is_, _for this reason_, _the
remedy for this_, _so much for_, _it remains to mention_, _of course I
admit_, _finally_. (For a longer list see 36.) Such phrases are also
useful in linking one paragraph to another.

When a student first learns the art, he is likely to use transition
phrases in excess, and produce something like the following: "When I
have to write a theme, I first think of my subject. As soon as I have my
subject, I take out my paper. On the paper I then make a rough outline."
This abuse of transition causes an overlapping of thought, like shingles
laid three inches to the weather. An abrupt transition is better than
wordiness.

Exercise:

1. The shore looked far off. Then we reached it.

2. A light snow was falling last night. This is a good day for
hunting rabbits.

3. A dollar is often a large sum. I sold newspapers when I was
a boy.

4. Many English words still preserve their old meanings. There
is the teller in the bank.

5. We had to walk half a mile across the pastures in the fresh
morning air. Exercise indoors does not arouse much zest or
enthusiasm.

=9.= EXERCISE IN COMPLETENESS OF THOUGHT

=A. Fragments Misused as Sentences=

Rewrite the following statements in sentences each of which expresses a
complete thought.

1. He gave me a flower. Which was wilted.

2. The gasoline flows through the supply tube to the
carburetor. Where it should vaporize and enter the cylinders.

3. People of all ages were there. Old men, young women, and
even children.

4. He told us that you had a good standing among business men.
That you always met your bills promptly.

5. Excuse Everett Smith from school this morning. He having the
measles.

6. The internal combustion engine may be either one of two
types. The two cycle or the four cycle.

7. The young men and women acted like children. Who should have
known better.

8. There was a cross cow in the pasture. Which had long horns.

9. Bacteria are microscopic organisms. Especially found where
milk or some other substance decomposes.

10. We pass on down the street. The buildings rising two or
three stories high on either side.

11. The Y. M. C. A. enables you to keep your religious
interests alive. As well as to associate with cle