Grammer Post

So my grammar topic for this week is one that I have actually had A LOT of trouble with. It is a major goal of mine to learn how to clearly and precisely communicate what I am trying to say. I actually found in the back of the book a whole section in the hand book dedicated to just this.

One important tool of concise sentencing is to, "(1)eliminate unnecessary intensifiers." In most of my writing I try to emphasise my point by adding these. So in future writing I am going to look for ways to eliminate the over use of emphasis intensifiers, while trying to convey my point. They make sentencing hard to follow and even some times distracting from what I am trying to say. Both reasons will affect the clarity of my point, rather than adding to it.

(1) Axelrod, Rise B., and Charles R. Cooper. The Saint Martin's Guide to Writing. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/Saint Martin's, 2008.