ClearTips: Stunning sentences

9. One-syllable Openings

Sentences obviously get off to a faster start with a one-syllable opening than with words of two or more syllables. And successions of one-syllable openings can (occasionally) bind a paragraph more tightly. Rely on your ear—and restraint—to use these openings for best effect. For they swiftly descend into the common.

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