Toms shoes are made by a company in Santa Monica, California, and they’re based on the

alpargata shoes worn by Argentine farmers.

Made by a company in Santa Monica, California, Toms shoes are based on the alpargata

shoes worn by Argentine farmers.

 

S-8b Emphasizing One Idea over Others

Rewrite the sentences below to subordinate one of the ideas where appropriate. For

sentences where both ideas seem equal, write correct. Answers to even-numbered items can

be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

1. A Life magazine photographer took pictures of the footwear of famous people, and the

resulting portfolio contains pictures of John Lennon’s black boots, Elvis Presley’s blue

patent-leather loafers, and Dave Eggers’s brown lace-ups.

2. Viewers of the portfolio smile at Katy Perry’s white platforms with candy dots; another crowd

pleaser is Bozo’s oversized clown shoes.

3. Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees got his three thousandth hit on July 9, 2011, and the

Life photographer took a picture of Jeter’s cleats that day.

4. The portfolio shows red shoes belonging to Marilyn Monroe and to Madonna; except for

color, the shoes were dramatically different—plain leather stiletto pumps for Monroe but

anklestrap heels with metallic dots for Madonna.

5. Sneakerreport.com lists the “hundred best sneakers of all time,” and the list include Adidas

Adipure Motion shoes, Keen A86 shoes, Karhu Fast3 shoes, and ninety-seven others.

6. One website claims that college men and women need five kinds of footwear each, but

maybe the site is more interested in selling products than in reporting trends.

7. According to the website, female students need rain boots, running shoes, cold weather

boots, high heels, and flip flops; male students should have flip flops, boat shoes, tennis

shoes, formal shoes, and work boots.

8. Run-DMC’s “My Adidas” may have been the first song about athletic shoes; two decades

later came Mac Miller’s “Nikes on My Feet.”

9. People expressed both outrage and disbelief at reports of Imelda Marcos’s 3,000 pairs of

shoes, but she admits to owning only 1,600.

10. The most beloved American shoes of all time may be the ruby slippers worn by Dorothy in

The Wizard of Oz, and one pair of them sold at auction for $666,000.

Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________

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