ClearTips: Stunning sentences

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Some words and phrases, slipped in at various points in a sentence, can reveal more of your view than mere declaration, drawing you closer to your readers.

For all their supposed mastery at putting together other peoples' businesses, investment bankers seem lousy at merging their own.

That sounds dandy, but last year was a strong one for the Canadian economy; and these high figures follow several years of low or even negative returns.

Son of one Revolutionary War hero and son-in-law of another, Allan Melvill had, as we would say today, good connections.

The system involves the feds in every decision to hire, which is a troubling precedent; and of course it will make mistakes.

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