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Fronting the direct object is much more common in conversation than most people realize. It's definitely not restricted to writing. I think people just start a sentence thinking the first noun phrase is going to be the subject, and then suddenly a different verb comes to mind than they...

Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and...

Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

In an essay, with only three items on the list, and all of them being quite short, I would just write them in the sentence. If the preceding part of the sentence is quite long, then use a colon. blah blah blah resulted in three areas being declared off-limits for development: x, y, and z. ...

Hello. The sentences listed were composed by me except for the first one, so these might have incorrect expressions.. I just forcus on 'such as' and conjugate the verbs. 1.My mom is always asking me to do lots of jobs around the house, such as (mow) the lawn and (wash) the dishes after...

Cut down the adjectives. Angrily, with anger in his eyes, with concern, etc etc. Show, don't tell. e.g. Dan flashed his bloodshot eyes at Ned (or something like that) The doors and the windows were closing and being locked carefully. Soon the town streets were left empty as they had been for...