Standard English has four clause types (five if you treat 2a and 2b as separate), differing with respect to which words you put where: The first of these is a declarative used to present a ...

Sometimes, they wind up dividing declarative sentences into shorter phrases, each with its own rising pitch. You’ll understand what I mean with a quick example. A person who does not speak with ...

Fastball, curveball, changeup. Normal sentence, long sentence, short sentence. Straight declarative sentence, periodic sentence, sentence fragment. Keep them on their toes, keep throwing the ball ...