Use Conjunctions to Write Better Articles

If you know your product like the back of your hand, have researched your target market inside and out, and can read well enough to understand this sentence, then you can write an online article that will win more customers and bring in big dollars.

But, if you’ve been writing articles for a while, now might be time to raise the bar and start finding ways to make your online writing even better.

One quick, easy way to make your writing smoother and your online article easier to read, is to occasionally combine more than one idea into one sentence.

We do it all the time when we speak and when we write. For example, here’s what it would sound like if I used only one idea per sentence in the above paragraph:

"Here is one quick, easy to make your writing smoother. It will also make your online article easer to read. Occasionally combine more than one idea into one sentence."

A quick grammar lesson here –

You can choose from several words to combine more than one idea into a single sentence. You might remember from your high school grammar lessons that these "connecting words" are officially called "conjunctions." Some examples of conjunctions are: and, but, so, because.

OK, end of boring grammar lesson and onto what this actually means to your article writing.

Do make an effort to occasionally combine more than one idea into one sentence.

But, be careful of which conjunction you use to do so. Choosing the wrong word to join your ideas might give your sentence a different meaning than you intended, or a meaning that’s not as effective as you had hoped for.

If you're joining two or more ideas that are equally important, you’ll want to choose from this list of common conjunctions: or, and, nor, but, for, yet.

Here's an example of two combined ideas that are equally important:

"I write an online article once a month and I see I spike in traffic when I submit it to the article directories."

Because you used the conjunction "and," your reader will understand that both ideas – (1) you write an online article once a month and (2) you see a spike in traffic when you submit it – are of equal importance.

Sometimes, though, you’ll want your reader to understand that one of your ideas is more important than the other.

"I write an online article once a month because I see I spike in traffic when I submit it to the article directories."

In the above sentence, the word "because" tells your reader that whatever comes after it is not as important as what comes before. "I write an online article once a month" is the important idea in that sentence.

Here are some of the conjunctions you can use to show that one of your ideas is more important than the other:

After
As
As if
As though
Before
Even if
If
Since
When
Though
Unless
Until
While

Before you start putting your ideas together, think about what you want you reader to understand about your subject. Then choose the conjunction that will tell them exactly what you want them to know.

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