The Mighty Participle
SEO readability calls for short, simple sentences. Participial phrases can keep sentences short yet interesting. A participle is a verb form. A present participle ends in "ing" and a past participle ends in "ed" Exciting, eh!? These verb forms can act like adjectives, adding information about a noun or sentence subject.
No participial phrase: The man painted the house. The man stood on a ladder.
With a participial phrase: Standing on a ladder, the man painted the house.
One of my grade school teachers used to say, "Which man was painting the house?" And the class would answer in unison, "The man standing on a ladder." "What tells us that?" A chorus of kids would say, "The participial phrase."
If you aren't already, try to vary your sentences with short participial phrases. Sentences will be more interesting and still be easy to read while you keep on fishin'!
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Thank you for that. I have a tendency to join 2 sentences together. This is a good reminder to try and shorten them.
Hey Doc good words of English understanding. I will try to use this form of learning. Did I get it?
You have made my life so much easier. I've been struggling getting it right. Although my score is good on the index, I felt I was lacking something in my sentence construction. I guess, this is it. Will definitely practice that.
The things we take for granted.....
Thanks for sharing.
Holy crap! I feel like i am back in grade school. Only this time I am learning something and glad to be here. Thank you.
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Thanks for the tip.