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Oct 12, 2021 · Parts of speech are the building blocks or components of a sentence. All words belong to one part of speech or another; there are eight parts of speech in all. Knowing what they are will help you choose your words wisely and use them correctly in your writing.
Too many simple sentences, for example, will make your writing sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will make your writing difficult to read and hard to understand. This handout explains three different types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
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The twenty-three lessons in this e-book are dedicated to learning how three types of subordinate clauses—adverb, adjective, and noun—are added to independent clauses to create complex sentences. Here is one common way to categorize sentences: simple. compound.
Direct and Indirect speech with rules and examples. In English, to report someone's words or their own words, you can use direct or indirect speech. These may include statements, questions, orders, advice...
This book is centered on giving you the phrases and ideas you need to talk about each subject in an everyday setting. Each section has common phrases and questions used to talk about a central topic. It also includes example sentences to help you further your understanding.
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Parallel structure requires sentences that contain lists, or predicates which have multiple parts, to maintain the introduced structure of the words, phrases, and clauses, without mixing them. Oftentimes, these words, phrases, or clauses are linked with coordinating conjunctions (“and,” or “or”).
Examples of 'mixed up' in a sentence. Examples from Collins dictionaries. I think he's a rather mixed up kid. I get mixed up about times and places. How could David be mixed up in a murder? Why did I ever get mixed up with you? I don't know what I was thinking at the time. I was really mixed up.