English Grammar Notes

Paige Fenton
February 16, 2024

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Grammar fixes!

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Broad References

Instead of:
“She avoided using slang, which greatly improved her speech”
Use:
“She avoided using slang, a practice which greatly improved her speech”

Instead of:
“She talked endlessly about her operation, and this clutter was tiresome”
Use:
“By avoiding slang, she greatly improved her speech”
Or:
“Her cluttered chatter was tiresome”
Or:
“Her endless talk about her operation was tiresome”

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Weak Reference

Instead of:
“My father is a chemist. This is a profession I intend to follow.”
Use:
“My father is a chemist. I intend to be a chemist, too.”
Or:
“My father is a chemist. I intend to follow in his footsteps.”

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Subordination

Parallelism:
Allows you to make sure that the elements of your sentence have equal weight or emphasis.