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Learning Article : A Guide To Making Longer Sentences In English

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Longer sentences are often better sentences, when it comes to expressing your meaning completely and accurately. Considering a few grammatical patterns can put sentence building into the right perspective for weaving your ideas together in clear, verbose English.

2016年9月26日 00:00
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Great article!


1.  a. I enjoy watching the birds.

     b.  I am enjoying watching the birds.  

For those learning to speak English (at least American English), "a" above is most likely to be used in everyday speech.  Using "b" comes off as being awkward sounding - therefore not used as often -  even though it is correct.

This is the same for the sentence below.  Often, the choice that SOUNDS best when spoken is chosen.

2.  a.  Practice hope in your everyday perspective.

     b.  Practicing hoping can be crucial in your everyday perspective. 

2016年10月13日
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After reading your article, now I know there’s a subtle difference between love to and love doing in some cases. It's useful!

2016年9月28日
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With a lot of native English speakers such as myself reading material like William Strunk's Elements of Style that actually stresses more concise sentences I would say that getting to the point is the most important aspect of writing sentences. It's not about whether sentences are long or short...
2016年9月28日
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Thanks for the article Jack. Just one comment: You mentioned that "see" in the sentence  "I’ll <em>see</em> you later" is in the infinitive form. Does that mean that the future tense is also part of the infinitive form in English?
2016年9月26日
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Thanks for your article! 


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