Jennifer 4 years ago from Connecticut, USA Loco Life 5 years ago Fantastic Hub! I sometimes find myself using the same words consistently when opening a sentence, so this Hub is god sent for me! Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
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Generally speaking, cell phones have changed our family communication for the worse. Obviously, parents complain about their teenagers spending too much time on their phones. Moreover, teenagers are annoyed that they can't get the attention of their parents who are always working or shopping on their phones. Unquestionably, we need to make some changes. Thanks so much Loco Life for coming back to tell me your comment. This idea was given to me by a professor about 20 years ago and it the one idea which transformed my own writing. Glad it helped you too!
Fantastic, I'm an English student studying at University here in the UK, and I still find your academic hub pages extremely useful! RTalloni 2 years ago from the short journey
AngPow 3 years ago from North Cali With transition words: Virginia Kearney 19 months ago from United States An intriguing hub, but it is irritable to instruct writers that starting sentences with dependent phrases, prepositions, and conjunctions is acceptable as an English language convention.
Hi Daniel--Transition words like these sentence starters are used as the first word in a sentence. Often, they have a comma after them, just as I show in this sentence. Here is a sample using some really simple sentences: Ireno Alcala 4 years ago from Bicol, Philippines
Good point Tex. What emphasize in my class is that you need to pay attention to how your ideas connect with one another. Usually you are adding, contrasting or comparing. Transition words help you make that distinction clear. In spoken language we often use tone, voice and gestures to make those connections, but in written language we need to use transition words and punctuation.
It's really good, but on the other hand you should add more sentence starter like: One bright sunny summer day the sun shone on the glass clear window. Also do you think that was good? Helpful hub, will be using this if I ever need to! Thanks!
Virginia Kearney 2 years ago from United States Joey Keefe 3 years ago from Albuquerque, New Mexico Emily 6 months ago from Oregon Just following my tips to add transition words to your essay can often make your essay much better and will probably improve your grade. Inevitably, as soon as I tell my classes about this technique their writing improves dramatically. Better yet, the more you use transition words in revision a good personal essay should have, the more you begin to add that technique to your writing during the first draft. Hi Michael--I am not sure if there are some differences between the UK and the US, but it is possible to omit the comma in a short sentence how to write a better english essay, such as the one he uses in the video. However, I agree with you that he does mislead the viewer into thinking that is always the correct form. For the most part, I prefer to add the comma, even if it isn't necessary for meaning. However, all of the sources I checked say that it is optional in a short sentence, just as it is optional in a short introductory phrase of 2-3 words. Both of the following are correct, but I prefer the second example:
KE Morgan 4 years ago from Arizona This website is the only website I use when writing essays. In fact, I have this website on my desktop so I can easily access it. Thank you so much for putting this information together! This is a very helpful hub essays themes, especially to a non-English writer (I'm a Filipino.) like me. Isabella 7 months ago what other words rather then ''on the weekend'' can we use in a recount on the start of a sentence Hi, Ahmed! To go to a new idea, you could use a contrasting transition define thesis of an essay, such as "on the other hand," or "however." It might be possible to use the sequence transition words "first essay style paper examples," "next," etc. if you are doing something that happens in time or in space. If you are adding a new idea to support the main point, then you can do "additionally paper on philosophy of education," "moreover" or "in fact." After dinner Jane went to the store. Here are some other examples (notice how these short sentences jump out!): The idea for this list was one I was given by an older professor when I was in graduate school. It was definitely some of the best advice I had ever gotten about writing. I love the fact that the idea is so simple but it really makes a huge difference in the sound of a person's writing. I've added a lot of words to the list over the years and added the rules of how to use these in sentences. Just Rodney--You are right about the differences in language. What I teach at my University is standard American English. Since I was born and raised in California, I speak and write in the "standard dialect" of the U.S. movie and T.V. culture essay students school, which has become standard English in America through that medium. One of the reasons that English has become such a universal language is that it is very adaptable and tends to allow people to add words from other languages, as well as add different ways of expressing thoughts. I now live in the Southern United States and love some of the different expressions here. Good question aya. Here are some ideas: On Saturday and Sunday; add another transition word like, "Sometimes on the weekend"; change the "on" to another transition word like "During the weekend"; switch your sentence around so that "on the weekend" comes at the end no on 8 essay, such as "We love to go sailing on the weekend" instead of "On the weekend, we love to go sailing"; and try a variation like "Weekends." Hope that helps! So thankful for your comments Alex. I've noticed that I'm getting a lot of my Hub traffic from your side of the pond. We have some good friends over in the Redcar area but I've never had a chance to visit the UK social work case studies mental health, even though I've wanted to for years. Right now, I'm reading through all of Trollope's novels and imagining England as it was in the 1870s. I guess I might be disappointed to go there now!
Congratulations on starting to learn English, Maria! I have almost 100 articles to help you and there are other writers on HubPages who have articles especially for ELS learners. Good luck! Learning English takes work but I know you can do it!
So glad to know this helps you devsmilez. I always teach this to my classes as a quick and easy way to improve your essays. I see dramatic improvement when students use these. Interesting, but which words used to start new topic / idea . Thanks u helped me with my assignment Virginia Kearney 3 years ago from United States Nevertheless, I believe she is correct in her assumption. Tina Kozma 10 months ago Virginia Kearney 15 months ago from United States Lynette Scott 2 years ago I love the charts; they really lay things out concisely. Thanks for the helpful information. I'm glad to add another specific tool to my writing toolbox! This is very helpful. I hadn't thought about starting each sentence in a paragraph with a different word. Virginia Kearney 5 years ago from United States I like this Post, mainly it doesn't sound look like a Page out of a Grammar Text, creating a feeling of horror. I find it hospitable, offering bits and bits of advice.
You have some very useful tips for using words to begin sentences. Sometimes I get into the habit of using the same word too many times in a paragraph, and I do know it is the wrong thing to do. I'm not teaching writing to my EFL 5th graders this year, but in the past I have tried to steer them away from using the same word too many times in a paragraph. Voted up and sharing. Hi travel man --thanks for coming by. This is my most popular Hub and I can really tell when my students start doing this in their writing--it automatically makes their writing better--such an easy trick too! Hi Dustin! I'm happy that my work has helped you. Please check out my other articles on different types of essays for more help. Ithink these words help me a lot.
maria 7 months ago accordingly Implied or Conceptual Transitions of course meanwhile Not every paragraph transition requires a conjunctive adverb or transitional phrase; often, your logic will appear through a word or concept common to the last sentence of the preceding paragraph and the topic sentence of the following paragraph. For example, the end of a paragraph by Bruce Catton uses a demonstrative adjective cover letter resumes examples, "these turing church thesis," to modify the subject of the topic sentence so that it will refer to a noun in the last sentence of the preceding paragraph: When Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the parlor of a modest house at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. a great chapter in American life came to a close.
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