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Sentence Patterns (SVO & Beyond)

Subject, verb, object feels obvious until your sentence collapses halfway through — the patterns that hold it up

Roger Fielding 9 min read
Sentences

Sentence Patterns (SVO & Beyond)

Know subjects, verbs and objects? Now see how they snap together into six sentence patterns

Roger Fielding 4 min read
Sentences

Simple, Compound, Complex & Compound-Complex

Your email's sentences sound the same length and shape — four sentence types that fix the rhythm

Roger Fielding 10 min read
Sentences

Simple, Compound, Complex & Compound-Complex

Every sentence in your paragraph sounds the same? Mix up the shapes and fix that

Roger Fielding 4 min read
Sentences

Combining Sentences: Fixing Choppy Writing

Nothing's misspelled and every fact checks out, yet the email reads like a shopping list — smoothing choppy sentences

Roger Fielding 10 min read
Sentences

Combining Sentences: Fixing Choppy Writing

Something feels off in your writing but you can't say what? Learn to join sentences right

Roger Fielding 4 min read
Sentences

Independent vs Dependent Clauses

Drafting a job application you actually care about, one clause just won't stand on its own — here's why

Roger Fielding 10 min read
Sentences

Independent vs Dependent Clauses

Teacher wrote 'fragment' on your essay? Learn which clauses can stand alone — and which can't

Roger Fielding 4 min read
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Relative Clauses (Defining & Non-Defining)

Typing an email at 4:55 on a Friday, that comma before "which" either belongs or ruins the sentence

Roger Fielding 9 min read
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Relative Clauses (Defining & Non-Defining)

Comma or no comma around 'who sits next to me'? Learn the rule that decides it

Roger Fielding 3 min read
Sentences

Adverbial Clauses

That polished email needs a "because" clause up front, mid-sentence, or tacked on the end — placement changes everything

Roger Fielding 8 min read
Sentences

Adverbial Clauses

Written one of these without noticing this week? Learn to spot and place them well

Roger Fielding 4 min read