Tag: Conjunctions
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Sentence Construction

Variety is the spice of life, as they say. The same holds true with our writing. Mixing up our sentence structures makes for more interesting reading. You’ll also find that certain structures fit certain genres. For example, short, snappy sentences carry the action forward at a quick pace for mystery and action thrillers while longer…
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Parts of Speech – Part 1

This post provides a quick review of the basic parts of speech. Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections each have their own function in a sentence and can break our writing when used incorrectly. NOUNS: A proper or common noun may be used as the subject of a sentence, the object of…
