Paragraphs should have at least three sentences, and a sentence should have at least three words. Dialogue always begins on its own line when another character speaks, but further non-dialogue sentences can commence after a character speaks. If the same character is still speaking, further dialogue can be used without beginning on another line.
Sentence
A sentence needs a subject, a predicate, and a verb, and then a complete thought. If any of the four are missing, it will be a sentence fragment.
Sentence fragments begin with words like “that”, “if”, “when”, “while”, “where”, “which”, “who”, “whose”. One exception is a subordinate clause, and it's a sentence that begins with a subordinating word such as “if”, but is incomplete by itself. Subordinate clauses have to connect to the main clause.
The sentence needs to tell the reader why something is happening. The information is essential for the sentence to have a full meaning. The connection of words should be made clear so that the audience (your reader) can read the story without misinterpreting the happenings.
A comma is not placed before words like “because” or “who”. Information before the comma are important for the sentence but everything after the comma is another part.
A clause is a group of words, so a sentence is a clause. Any other “line” of words, such as that of poems and plays, generally are also a clause.
The first letter of every sentence must be capitalised (put in upper case).
Names of people and places must also be capitalised. For example, Buckingham Palace has two capitalisations, for the palace is named. Rewording it, Palace of Buckingham would also require two capitalisations as the palace is still named. Named vehicles should be in Italics.
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