: Re: Sentence structure alternatives Could you suggest a style guide or an exercise book that could teach how one sentence can be written in alternative ways, or how to rephrase a sentence in various

@Gloria285

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The purpose is to avoid repetition of modal verbs and make the writing more persuasive.

I think you're barking up the wrong tree. You're relying on your individual sentences to persuade people when you should look at your entire essay. It doesn't matter to most people whether you say "the parliament should pass the antiterrorism bill" or "it is incumbent upon the parliament to pass the antiterrorism bill" (although the former flows smoothly and the latter sounds like it is trying too hard). People are going to want reasons, and you can't provide all of those in a single sentence.

Just googling your phrase "make the writing more persuasive" resulting in 69+ million hits on how to write persuasive essays, but nothing I could find there was about writing persuasive sentences. When it comes to persuading people, it's the forest, not the trees.

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