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Definition Of A Sentence by Orikinla(m): 4:22pm On Oct 16, 2007 |
The reading of the following topic should be continued on the website for the benefit of anyone who wants to be a good writer. The key to better writing is writing a better sentence. Succeed grammatically and you can succeed stylistically. ~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sentences.htm The trouble is that many writers, unsure of themselves, are leery of long sentences because they fear the run-on, that troll under the bridge, forgetting that it is often better to risk imperfection than boredom. Try beginning a sentence with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, nor, for, yet, or, so). Many writers have had it pounded into their skulls that if you begin a sentence with and or but that sentence should have been linked (instead) to the previous sentence in a compound structure. It goes against the grain to begin a sentence with and or but. But give it a try. A sentence beginning with a conjunction will almost always call attention to itself and it will always serve primarily as a connective device. If that's what you want, use it — but not so often that the effect gets out of control and becomes self-defeating. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sentences.htm |
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