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1 Improve Your Sentences
By: Steven MONCADA

2 5 Keys to Improving Sentences
Write complete sentences. Use active voice. Divide long or rambling sentences. Combine choppy sentences. Use transitions.

3 How do I know when a sentence is complete?
A sentence needs three things to be complete. A subject, A predicate, and A complete thought

4 How important is active voice?
Active voices energizes your writing. When a verb is active, the subject of the sentence is performing the action. When the verb is passive, the subject is being acted upon, and the sentence tends to be sluggish and impersonal. Passive: if a meeting must be missed, Richard must be notified. Active: If you cant attend a meeting , notify Richard.

5 How do I divide a long sentence
Remember that your reason for dividing a long sentence is to make it easier for readers to understand you. Long: We are confident our services will suit all your networking needs and will provide smooth interoffice access of all files and a trouble free connection to all workers. List: We are confident our service will suit all your networking needs. Without our plan you will receive two benefits: Smooth interoffice access to all files and Trouble free connection Divided: We are confident our services will suit all your networking needs. Our plan will provide smooth interoffice access to all files through a trouble-free connection to all workstations.

6 How do you fix run on sentences
A run on sentence is actually two sentences joined incorrectly. Run On: The latest report on the progress of the HT Project fails to figure in the effect of employee vacations and the brief electrical malfunction of the 24th the report appears incomplete. Corrected: Use a period. Place a period after the 24th and capitalize the. Use a semicolon. Place a semicolon (;) after 24 Use a comma and coordinating conjunction. Place a comma after the 24th and add a coordinating conjunction: and, so.

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