From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte
"One name for refraining from conjunctions is asyndeton. Often whole clauses are juxtaposed in this somewhat noncommital way. Fully independent, they are not attached to one another, they touch but are not connected."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "The common conjunctions -- and, but, for, or, nor, yet, and so -- are structural words that conjoin the elements of a coordinated structure. Their work is to connect similar units -- words, phrases, clauses, or even sentences."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "Like adverbs and adjectives, the prepositional phrase can occupy various positions in a sentence, although one must take care that the phrase is tied to the intended word and not to an unintended one."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "As adjectives and adverbs take up their positions, as they are arranged, developed, or expanded, they answer such questions as 'Which one?' 'What kind?' 'How?' 'When?' 'Where?' and many more."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "Often the noun and the verb simply state the known or given information, and it is the adjective or adverb that carries the news of the sentence."
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