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Reducing adverb clauses for brevity

The preceding chapter showed how sentences can be streamlined by reducing their adjective clauses to adjective phrases — a simple process that omits the relative pronouns “that,” “which,” “who,” “whom ...
Mastering adjectives and adverbs is crucial for vivid and engaging writing. Many students struggle with this concept, leading to awkward prose and undermining their credibility. Adjectives describe ...
Linking adverbs are adverbs that are used to link ideas or clauses in spoken discourse or written text. They could also be called conjunctive adverbs in so far as they perform the same sort of ...
It was an expensive suit, but if you want to work for this firm, you have to dress well. These are very nice. ~ They're a bit too dear / expensive, I'm afraid. Haven't you got anything cheaper? Agatha ...