Transition-sentences bring out the logical relation between ideas. You want your paper to read like a continuous argument which good transitions help to facilitate. Words like ‘however’, ‘so’, ...

Without structure and a logical flow from one idea to another, your audience may recall little — even if you’re a charismatic ...

Each sentence should have its own subject and verb and be able to stand on its own. Mark the boundary with a line, if you're proofreading on paper. Double-check that the boundary contains the ...

IN last week's column, we looked at how inverted sentences allow us to abandon the normal subject-verb-complement (S-V/C) sequence so we can deliver the verb or its complement wherever we feel it can ...

Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...