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1.The boy is coming. 2.He is singing. How can I join the two sentences and make a single sentence?

Here are two sentences1.The boy is coming.

 2.He is singing.

How can i join the two sentences and make a single sentence?

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Question added by indranil bar
Date Posted: 2016/07/24

There are many possibilities to join the two sentences, let's explain according to grammar rules:

a.The boy comes singing.

This would be used as stage direction in a play.

 

b.The boy is coming while singing.

c.The boy is singing while coming.

These two sentences have different emphases, and neither sounds very good.

d.The boy is coming singing.

This doesn't sound very fluent.

 

 These are better ways to say this:

The singing boy is coming. 

The boy who is coming is singing.The boy who is singing is coming.

 

None of the others is grammatically wrong, but they don't sound natural.

 

Other possibilities are

The boy who is coming is singing.

The boy who is singing is coming.

Gayasuddin Mohammed
by Gayasuddin Mohammed , Advocate , Practicing Law before High Court at Hyderabad

The boy who is comming is singing.

or

The boy is singing while comming.  

with in my knowledge. Thanks.

Michael  Anzelon
by Michael Anzelon , Project Manager, NLG Projects , Undisclosed

My answer:

"The boy is coming, and the boy is singing." 

This sentence joins the two facts regarding the boy in once sentence.  A comma is used to coordinate the clauses and improve clarity. 

Muhammad Khurram Mirza
by Muhammad Khurram Mirza , Business Development Operations Manager , Al Haramain Advertising

the boy is coming and singing

the boy came singing

the is coming while singing

 

Khalid Waheed
by Khalid Waheed , Time & Wages Accountant + Administration , Br. CAT International Co. Limited

There could be two ways to express the two actions:

The boy, who is coming, is singing.

The singing boy is coming.

He is singing while he was coming

ANSON BIJOY
by ANSON BIJOY , SENIOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY , NMC Healthcare PLC

THE BOY IS COMING SINGING.

THE BOY IS SINGING AND COMING..

FATEH BOUCHENE
by FATEH BOUCHENE , institut d'emission , banque centrale d'algerie

The boy sings

le garcon arrive en chantant

the boy is coming by singing a beautiful song

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