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Have you ever found yourself stare at a blank page , wondering if your paragraph is too short , too longsighted , or just right ? Well , you ’re not alone in asking how many sentence are in a paragraph . It can be hard to tell whether you ’ve provided enough information and if , most significantly , it is easy to read and effectively put across your principal point .
ByDesiree Bowie
There are unnumerable adjective examples in casual speech , but for simpleness ’s sake , most adjectives are one - news part that heighten or modify noun . Any sentence may contain two or more adjectives , but the function of each adjective remains the same .
ByMitch Ryan
Similes are like spiciness for committal to writing : Used in the correct proportion , they can add zestfulness and verve to your prose . Once you ’re familiar with them , you ’ll likely notice that simile example abound in unremarkable speech , writing , song lyrics and even advertising slogans .
ByZach Taras
nonliteral spoken communication is a cornerstone of expressive piece of writing . Unlike literal language , which conveys selective information evidently and now , figurative language introduces an imaginative spark , offering the proofreader unexampled ways to watch melodic theme and emotion .
ByMarie Look
Do you recognise when to use to vs. too ? In spoken English language , the two words voice exactly the same , but they have unlike meanings .
BySascha Bos
There are plenty of model of people being caught crimson - handed in real spirit . But what does it really mean ?
ByLaurie L. Dove
British slang is have intercourse to contain some of the most colourful colloquialism in the world , so line up up as we kick around about a few cheeky ones .
ByAlia Hoyt
The Holy Writ " hack " has evolved so much over time that , instead of suggesting a shadowy condemnable routine , it now means you ’ve found the very good way to do something .
ByJesslyn Shields
Surely you ’ve heard the phrase before . You ’ve probably used it . But where did it come from and what is the significance behind it ?
ByKristen Hall - Geisler
" Then " and " than " have confused some people for ever - in all likelihood because they sound alike . However , there ’s an easy style to know which word to use .
Who ’s got the lowdown on whose birthday it is today ? " Who ’s " and " whose " are always a challenge to get right , but we ’ve get some pro tips .
know when to utilize a semicolon is a matter of remembering that a semicolon is a cross between a pause and a period .
These two words are often used interchangeably and incorrectly , so here ’s how to know when to use " affect " vs. " effect . "
The fad for abbreviations like LOL is nothing new . In fact , this trend in the 1840s engender the greatest abbreviation of all , " OK . " Let ’s depend at the account behind " America ’s big countersign . "
ByDave Roos
Y’all , the contraction of the words " you " and " all , " is making its move out of the American South to places as far afield as Australia .
ByCarrie Tatro
SOS was the most commonly used distress signal from the turn of the 20th 100 until before WWII . But on the button what does SOS intend ?
We use these abbreviations all the sentence , but what do they actually mean ?
Many people think ' Latine ' is a well gender - inclusive term than ' Latinx . ' Here ’s why .
ByMelissa K. Ochoa
How did dispirited taking into custody , whitened collar ( and pinkish collar ! ) end up in our lexicon , and what are the origin of their meanings ?
It ’s a strange phrase when you think about it , as multitude do n’t ordinarily ride pigs . So where did it fall from ?
ByMelanie Radzicki McManus
The origin of this false grammatical no - no is lost to account . But , we still shy away from starting sentences with coordinating conjunctions . And here ’s why .
When you ’re retain something together with nothing more than spit and perhaps some epithelial duct tape ( duck’s egg taping ? ) , what is the correct terminal figure , jury- or Boche - rig ?
To be " on the lam " means to be on the loose or on the trial , but what does " turn tail " mean and where does this colored phrase come from ?
It ’s a phrase appropriate to Thanksgiving as well as other time of the year . But the most popular parentage story has a distressful explanation .
No one ever says " heveled " or " gruntled . " Do these actor’s line even exist ? Not every word need an opposite to shore up it up . Here ’s why .
