Sentence Structure

language-and-style

You can use "and" at the beginning of a sentence to create a deliberate, rhythmic, or emphatic effect. Many respected writers and style guides accept the practice, but it is sti...

language-and-grammar

An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought with a subject and a verb. When you join two independent cla...

literary-styles

A loose sentence in literature is a structure that places the main independent clause at the beginning, then adds subordinate elements, modifiers, and expansions afterward. This...

language-grammar

A simple sentence is a single independent clause that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It is the most basic sentence structure in English and can...