How to Use Semicolons for Sentence Variety

How to Use Semicolons for Sentence Variety

by Kathleen M. Making decisions about when and how to use semicolons is more often about style than it is about grammar.  Your sense of writing style comes through when you decide how to punctuate complex and compound sentences.  Your writing style also comes through when you showcase your ability to write a variety of sentence types. These kinds of considerations come in the later stages of your writing process,

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The Importance of Diversity in Sentence Structure

The Importance of Diversity in Sentence Structure

by Molly R. Good writing is engaging and captures the attention of its readers. As we have shared before, writing a good college application essay means writing an essay that is meaningful, uses descriptive language, and is emotional. Repetitive sentence structures can bore your readers and make them lose interest. One way to keep your readers engaged is by utilizing a diverse range of sentence structures. Sentences are composed of

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