Confused yet? Keep reading to find out what these strange-sounding but perfectly grammatical garden path sentences are saying. Besides sounding like a rejected Ernest Hemingway title, this deceptive ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

Writers can create tension in both of these ways using something as simple as varying their sentence lengths. Fiction writers can grab and hold their reader’s attention by creating tension. This can ...