Webster's English Language Companion by Betty Kirkpatrick

Webster's English Language Companion by Betty Kirkpatrick

Author:Betty Kirkpatrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-910965-22-1
Publisher: Waverley Books
Published: 2015-10-06T16:00:00+00:00


STYLE AND VOCABULARY

There is, of course, more to good written English than a knowledge of correct grammar and correct usage. Style is also an important issue.

Style with regard to language, as is the case with style with regard to other things such as dress, refers to a characteristic, personal way of doing things. Most famous writers have a distinctive way of writing.

We cannot all become famous writers. For a start, few of us have the basic writing talent or the powers of creativity necessary for this. However, we can all improve, to some extent, our personal writing style.

In much of what we write in our day-to-day lives clarity and comprehensibility are extremely important. However, they are not the only things to be considered if you want to improve your English. If you wish to make your writing (or speech) more interesting, and so more stylish, you must introduce some variety into the structure of what you are writing (or in the case of a formal speech, what you are saying).

If all you want to do is to get your message across then you can write in very short simple sentences with very simple words. (In grammatical terms a simple sentence is a sentence which consists of one main clause [see here].) However, this approach can become very monotonous and boring. Some variety is necessary to make what you are writing (or saying) more interesting and more stylish.



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