 "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."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "Otters eat clams. The verb is in the active voice: the subject performs the action. Clams are eaten by otters. The verb is in the passive voice: the subject receives the action. Which form you choose depends on whether you have previously been writing about otters or clams."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "The infinitive of purpose often begins simply with to rather than in order to. In many kinds of prose it serves as a forceful introductory device, sometimes as sentence modifier..."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "Gerunds are impressively flexible as to effect and position."
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