: Re: In English non-fiction, should I try to place the important parts at the beginning of the sentence? Main question There is a claim that I heard from a few persons (none of which were native

@Debbie451

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I would say it's dependent on context. There are times when you cannot "bury the lede," to borrow a term from journalism (and that is the correct spelling), and there are times when it's okay to put certain items later in the sentence for the sake of readability.

For your example 2, you could arrange those items in any order. If item 3 is your most important, it could go first (in a straightforward reading) or at the end (if you were going for humor or silly emphasis).

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