Like the bad plague, try to do your very best to avoid sentences that are or seem dead before they even begin. Here is a very fine example:
It is often said (still goes on) that……., and how (still goes on) about:
It can be…, and (still goes on)
We can surmise (still goes on) …
Sentences like this [...]
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If you can avoid the use of passive phrases in your sentences, you can really give make your words much stronger really!!! Passive words like “were”, “is”, “was”, “would have” “could have”, , and so on.
Take these two sentences for example:
The mouse was eaten by the cat (passive voice-”was eaten” ). A much better version [...]
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You should really avoid index works as much as and whenever possible. A few index words are “this”, “that”, “these”, etc. Here is a cool example that would better illustrates the point I’m trying so hard to make:
The American colonials went (still goes on) to war with England-part1. They hoped to achieve independence (still [...]
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Keep your sentences as short as possible. Long sentences are really boring. Short sentences will keep your readers interested. Short sentences really do promote clarity. Clarity is very vital in a really good sentence. Okay, that was a ride to the extreme, but the facts remain intact, short sentences do tend to promote much cleaner [...]
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This is similar to point (Rephrasing the sentence for Clarity), but rather than just re-arranging the sentence, we are going to be removing all the unnecessary (totally) weeds. It is very important to practice this skill cuz it will come in handy soon. Here is a bad sentence by a noob.
The [...]
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Have you ever noticed that loads of these examples have been around reducing the amount of text that you have written? They are all and always (lead) leading to this final point: revision. In fact, it really should be “revise, then revise, then revise again and once more if you’re up for it and the [...]
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please” Use: correct’ . yeah. Correct punctuation.s in,s in. you’re Sentences!”
Check Your Spelling Too! Bad punctuation can really ruin brilliant a writing. Always capitalize your sentences correctly (and don’t you bother mentioning Cummings – he already knew the rules “rules are meant to be broken” before he broke them). The internet is the worst(and the [...]
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This may be a really controversial point, but I very strongly believe (so do many people) that, as much as and whenever possible, you really should try to avoid the use of words that have origins from the Romance languages (langs that have their roots in French, Romanian, Latin – Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese). This [...]
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If your sentence has a very complex structure, it can be a bit difficult to read. When you find that you are skimming text, this is probably the cause. Take this fine example:
Saroah’s essay demonstrated (still goes on) what the qualities of an (still goes on) effective ruler should be, however, (still goes on) [...]
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Sometimes a sentence may tend to misbehave – it really just doesn’t seem to fit, or feel right. When this happens (sometimes), take the particular sentence and re-arrange it. First off, mark the few important points of the sentence that really are important:D, and then rewrite it well so that you don’t lose the core [...]
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