NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Section II
Effective Sentences
Overview
Effective sentences are clear and readily understandable. They present a single
Introduction
thought in a logical arrangement. The arrangement of words and phrases must
convey your exact meaning. Your reader should grasp that meaning at first glance.
Faulty sentence structure and illogical arrangements distract the reader and hide the
Faulty
writer's meaning. Mishandled word modifiers, incomplete sentences, indirect
structure
phrasing, and mixed construction are the most common causes of faulty structure.
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