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... sentence , or perhaps he has switched tenses , so the reader loses track of who is talking to whom or exactly when the action took place . Fer- haps Sentence B is not a logical sequel to Sentence A writer , in whose head the connection ...
... sentence , or perhaps he has switched tenses , so the reader loses track of who is talking to whom or exactly when the action took place . Fer- haps Sentence B is not a logical sequel to Sentence A writer , in whose head the connection ...
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... Sentence B is not a logical sequel to Sentence A - the writer , in whose head the connection is clear , hasn't bothered to provide the missing link . Per- haps the writer has used an important word incorrectly by not taking the trou ...
... Sentence B is not a logical sequel to Sentence A - the writer , in whose head the connection is clear , hasn't bothered to provide the missing link . Per- haps the writer has used an important word incorrectly by not taking the trou ...
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... sentence follow the original meaning fairly closely , but in the middle the concrete illustra- tions — race , battle , bread - dissolve into the vague phrase " success or failure in competitive activities . ” This had to be so , because ...
... sentence follow the original meaning fairly closely , but in the middle the concrete illustra- tions — race , battle , bread - dissolve into the vague phrase " success or failure in competitive activities . ” This had to be so , because ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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