The Normans defeated the English at Senlac, near Hastings, in the year 1066.

The English were defeated by the Normans at Senlac, near Hastings, in the year 1066.

In the year 1066, at Senlac, near Hastings, the Normans beat the English, etc. etc.

Event.Place.Date.Person.
Printing introduced into England1476William Caxton
Discovery of America1492Christopher Columbus
Defeat of the Spanish ArmadaEnglish Channel1588Howard, Drake and others
Gunpowder PlotWestminster1605Guy Fawkes and others
Conquest of England1066William, Duke of Normandy
Surrender of BritishYorktown1781Lord Cornwallis
Destruction of Spanish fleetSantiago1898Admiral Schley

SENTENCES COMBINED.

A number of simple sentences may sometimes be combined so as to form one.

Example:—The girl was little. She lost her doll. The doll was pretty. It was new. She lost it yesterday. She lost it in the afternoon.

These sentences may be combined in one, thus:—The little girl lost her pretty new doll yesterday afternoon.

The combined sentence tells us as much as the separate sentences, and tells it in a shorter, clearer, and more pleasing way.

Exercise 20.