Simple sentences, period

Simple sentences, period Simple sentences, period Simple sentences, period By Michael A sentence should contain a complete thought. Once you finish your thought, you can finish your sentence, usually with a period. That makes your sentence more readable too. Yes, its legal in English to use conjunctions to put several thoughts into one sentence. But it takes a special kind of mind to follow the train of thought in a sentence that has two or three thoughts. Maybe some writers dont know when their thought ended, so they dont know when to put the period. They go on and on and make more and more statements and even change the subject, but they dont ever put the sentence to rest and keep on going and going. Technically speaking, to understand a complex sentence, the reader has to parse or diagram the sentence in his or her head. Okay, suppose Im reading a sentence in Rolling Stone. Was that sentence talking about actors, and what are the actors doing anyway, and what the subject of the sentence, and what is the subject doing, and does that word shot mean that somebody got shot or somebody took a shot, and does it refer to the policeman or the actor or the photographer? Pretty confusing, isnt it? So make your sentences simple. Put a period at the end of the thought and leave it there. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Punctuation category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Passed vs PastDo you "orient" yourself, or "orientate" yourself?40 Idioms with First