Article: The Fate of The Sentence: Is the Writing On the Wall?

Article: Let's write sentences: these easy activities give children the hands-on practice they need to be successful sentence writers.(Language Arts)
Instructor (1990);  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......least one turn, ask them to write sentences with their words, making sure...interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, write one sentence at a time on the...usage, encourage children to write sentences using the comma rule. 4 THE...

Article: A life sentence for a generation of semi-literates; There will be many youngsters celebrating A-level passes when they cannot even write in sentences, says Jo Ind.(National)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 19, 1999 ;     416 words ......youngsters cannot write in sentences. However, it is...her discipline to write using only full...You can't have a sentence that's only two...you were unable to write or spell with reasonable...youngster who does not write in sentences to gain an A grade...Anyone who cannot ...

Article: Addict leaves court with a jail sentence - and a new penfriend ; Court officials were left dumbstruck when a drug addict sparked up a conversation with a stranger in the public gallery and then passed her his prison details so she could write to him.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  August 11, 2008 ;     448 words ......prison details so she could write to him. David Clayton, 26...recently started a three-year sentence for burglary, pleaded guilty...wants to get on with his sentence and get his life back on track. When he finishes his sentence he will be able to make a...prison number so she could write to ...

Article: The esthetic structure of the sentence.(discussion on sentence formation and grammar)
The Review of Contemporary Fiction;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......go to the blackboard and write there a sentence of some appropriately simple...sort of structure that a sentence had to have to earn a period...fall idly into, the perfect sentence It must not forget its way...lecture on the Structure of Sentences, he listed the desirable...those goals when ...

Article: The students who can't write a simple sentence.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 13, 2006 ;     392 words ......universities are so illiterate they cannot write even the most basic of sentences, a shocking report reveals. Despite...literature courses - are unable to write with any clarity. Contributors to the...difficulty not just in structuring a sentence, but in structuring paragraphs or ...

Article: sentence ends
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style;      291 words ......beginning or the end of a sentence. The end is the more important position of the two, for the sentence that trails off in a string...x201C;Because the end of a sentence is the last thing a reader...casual information. Don't write ‘Both candidates will...point eludes writers who end ...

Article: Jeffrey, here's a sentence
Scotland on Sunday;  February 16, 2003 ;     85 words ...AT LAST, Jeffrey Archer is being given the chance to learn how to write. Hollesley Bay Open Prison, where he is serving his sentence for perjury, is advertising for a creative writing tutor to work with inmates. The successful...

Article: Despite appellate ruling, judge keeps tough sentence.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 22, 2007 ;     467 words ......Hempstead, that he would sentence him to consecutive sentences for murder and robbery if Zuniga insisted on going...presiding judge ... to predetermine the discretionary sentence that would be imposed if an accused person exercises...Paez pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to ...

Article: Man seeks shorter sentence for fatal crash.
Republican & Herald (Pottsville, PA);  January 16, 2009 ;     543 words ......decision. If he grants the requested relief, Fisher's sentenced would be shortened to 13 to 26 months, which is still...sentencing Fisher, Dolbin imposed consecutive 12-to-24-month sentences for homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter...conduct. Dolbin also imposed an additional 1-to-2-month ...

Article: Youth has final word on sentence
The Independent - London;  April 27, 2001 ;     31 words ...AN ILLITERATE youth who was ordered to learn to read and write by a Spanish judge after being convicted of theft has successfully read out a short story to his class at the end of a six-month sentence.

Article: Youth has final word on sentence.(Foreign News)
The Independent (London, England);  April 27, 2001 ;     31 words ...AN ILLITERATE youth who was ordered to learn to read and write by a Spanish judge after being convicted of theft has successfully read out a short story to his class at the end of a six-month sentence.

Article: DA's office appeals ruling vacating rapist's sentence.
Sun (Lowell, MA);  August 15, 2007 ;     647 words ......cases. The 1999 case was dismissed within days. He was sentenced to one year of probation in the 2001 case. Ly was put...Court, a record check showed he never completed his sentence. In the appeal, Assistant District Attorney Fawn Balliro...or defendants the responsibility of ensuring that sentences are ...

Article: Making the write turns; What's the secret of writing a best-seller? Is it all in the first sentence? Do characters or plot matter most? And should you get an agent? In the run up to World Book Day on Thursday, writers at the top of their game share the secrets of their success with Abbie Wightwick.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ......translated into 14 languages. I always wanted to write and when I was 13 I sent a play with lots...said that was very funny and asked me to write a column about it. I hit a nerve, I was...publisher which also helped. I was asked to write a book: How To Stay Married. I was working...

Article: Kelco executive's sentence overturned: PROSECUTORS FILED FOR LONGER TERM.
Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY);  August 9, 2007 ;     460 words ......Keller got 10 years, four years less than his original sentence. Federal prosecutors appealed Sutherlin's sentence, saying it was too lenient. Keller appealed his sentence, saying he deserved far less time in prison. In its...his wife and daughter -- when he reduced Sutherlin's sentence in 2005. ...