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  2. Common English usage misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    There's no rule against it. A paragraph can be a single sentence, whether long, short, or middling. [30] According to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Writing Center's website, "Many students define paragraphs in terms of length: a paragraph is a group of at least five sentences, a paragraph is half a page long, etc." The ...

  3. Topic and comment - Wikipedia

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    The topic of a sentence is distinct from the grammatical subject. The topic is defined by pragmatic considerations, that is, the context that provides meaning. The grammatical subject is defined by syntax. In any given sentence the topic and grammatical subject may be the same, but they need not be.

  4. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject and a predicate, e.g. "I have a ball." In this sentence, one can change the persons, e.g. "We have a ball." However, a minor sentence is an irregular type of sentence that does not contain a main clause, e.g. "Mary!", "Precisely so.", "Next Tuesday evening after it gets dark."

  5. List of Keith Olbermann's special comments - Wikipedia

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    A textbook definition of cowardice: A response to Bill Clinton's Fox News interview. 6 October 5, 2006 A special comment about lying: The difference between terrorists and critics. 7 October 18, 2006 'Beginning of the end of America' The Military Commissions Act and its effect on habeas corpus. 8 October 23, 2006 Advertising terrorism

  6. Sentence - Wikipedia

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    Sentence (liturgy), a short biblical phrase within Anglican liturgy; Sentences, a 2014 oratorio by Nico Muhly; Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm, a 2007 autobiographical graphic novel by MF Grimm; The Sentence, a 2018 American documentary film by Rudy Valdez "The Sentence" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the TV series The Outer Limits

  7. Topic sentence - Wikipedia

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    In expository writing, a topic sentence is a sentence that summarizes the main idea of a paragraph. [1] [2] It is usually the first sentence in a paragraph. Also known as a focus sentence, it encapsulates or organizes an entire paragraph. Although topic sentences may appear anywhere in a paragraph, in academic essays they often appear at the ...

  8. Grammaticality - Wikipedia

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    The sentence appears on a computer monitor word-by-word. After each word, participants were asked to choose if the sentence is still grammatical so far. Then they would go on to rate the sentence from 1 "perfectly good English" to 7 "really bad English." The result showed that ungrammatical sentences were rated to be better than the grammatical ...

  9. Marketing effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    In today's competitive business environment, effective marketing strategies play a pivotal role in promoting products or services to target audiences. The advent of digital platforms has further intensified competition among businesses, making it imperative for companies to employ innovative and impactful marketing techniques.