Question

(1) William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

(2) It is a town in England.
 (3) He is believed to have attended the King’s New School there from age seven to age fourteen.
(4) Teachers were strict in Shakespeare’s day.
(5) The school day was long.
 (6) In the summer, school started at 6 a.m.
(7) School did not end until 5 p.m.
(8) In the winter, the school day was an hour or two shorter.
(9) At age nine, students began learning Latin.
 (10) It was the language of international affairs.
(11) In school, students spoke Latin.
(12) Teachers also spoke Latin.
(13) Students caught speaking English in school were punished.

Which is the most effective way to combine sentences (1) and (2)?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in a little town in England called Stratford-upon-Avon.

Answer 2

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town in England.

Step-by-step explanation:

The two sentences presented can be combined as shown by creating a complex sentence. For that porpouse, you can drop the subject and verb from the second sentence (It is a town in England) and place a comma to join them. By doing that, the second sentence becomes a subordinate or dependant clause of the first sentence.

This is used to provide additional information or to clarify a portion of information that might be unclear.

Sometimes a conjunction (so, for, and, but, nor) or preposition (that, which) is needed. However, the most effective way would be to use as few elements as possible to make the message complete and comprehensible.