Exercise

1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens, lived in Hartford for several years and is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel.

2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

Mark Twain’s house was very elaborate and elegant which was located on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm and his neighbour was Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

Today, people say that the balcony and windows overlooking the large side porch on Twain's home remind them of a steamboat, the kind of Mississippi steamboat young Mark Twain used to pilot.

4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, which was first used commercially in nearby New Haven but he never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to.

5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain loved industrial inventions and one of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter but unfortunately, he lost a fortune in investing because this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype, which was much simpler and less expensive.

6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Mark Twain never felt the same about the Hartford home again because his beloved daughter, Susy, died in there and so he left the house and came back only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.