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What is a writing voice?

December 16, 2019November 21, 2019 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on What is a writing voice?

A written voice is made of the words you use, the way you use them and the character they come together to create. Try this exercise to practice your written voice.

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GCSE English doesn’t help

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on GCSE English doesn’t help

You’ve got a GCSE in English, you use English every day, so why are you struggling so much with writing your website content?

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The before and after of edited writing

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on The before and after of edited writing

Encouraging children to recraft and be brave enough to make big change

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Breaking the passive habit

February 2, 2019March 27, 2019 Lucy Cripps1 Comment on Breaking the passive habit

There are five good reasons for using the passive, aside from those, using the active is by far the more preferable […]

Blog, Business/Formal Writing, Creative writing, Grammar, Language, Writing, Writing Resources activate passive voice, active voice, make passive voice active, passive voice, removing passive, using active, using passive

Emails of complaint

January 23, 2015March 27, 2019 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Emails of complaint

In one of the writing courses, we’ve been dealing with email of complaint, a skill B2-level writers should be able […]

Blog, Business/Formal Writing, Language, Writing Resources complaint writing, compound-complex sentence, email of complaint, English grammar, how to complain, how to write a complaint

20 sentence patterns you can’t ignore

February 14, 2012May 1, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on 20 sentence patterns you can’t ignore

I’ve been working and researching sentences almost daily, now, for over a year. Yes I’m a word-nerd, but there you […]

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Extraposition and inversion: glam-sounding simple things

February 7, 2012May 2, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Extraposition and inversion: glam-sounding simple things

Sentence patterns are very predictable in English, and, whether you’re a native-speaker or not, it’s easy to get into a […]

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Make words work

January 14, 2012May 1, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Make words work

Placing emphasis on the right idea and right word in a sentence is an art. In the UK this isn’t […]

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Bibliography and useful resources for sentences and writing

December 29, 2011May 1, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Bibliography and useful resources for sentences and writing

Useful resources Vince (2009) Advanced Language Practice  pp 54 – 91 Fish, S (2011) How to Write a Sentence and How to […]

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Sentence structures: a little trick

May 3, 2011May 2, 2017 Lucy CrippsLeave a Comment on Sentence structures: a little trick

It’s all well and good knowing stand-alone sentences, but sentences don’t often hang around on their own, do they? My […]

Blog, Grammar, Language, Writing complex sentence, compound sentence, compound-complex sentence, coordinating conjuction, FANBOYS, how to work out sentence structure, sentence structure trick, simple sentence, subject + verb

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