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Use an it-cleft to focus a person, thing, time, place, or reason. Use a what-cleft to introduce the information you want to name as the result or main point.
Cognitive means relating to thinking, learning, remembering, or understanding.
Choose a cohesive device for the relationship you need to show. Use a reference word for a known idea, a linker for a relationship such as contrast or result, and repeated key language when it helps the reader keep track of the topic.
A colon introduces what comes next after a complete clause. A semicolon joins two related complete clauses when you do not use a coordinating conjunction such as and or but.
Use a comparative plus than to compare two things. Use as ... as for equal degree. Use the + comparative, the + comparative to link one change with another.
Use compliment when you mean praise. Use complement when one thing completes, improves, or matches another thing.
Use although, even though, or though before a complete clause. Use despite or in spite of before a noun phrase or an -ing form. Put a comma after the opening concession clause when it comes before the main clause.
Contraband means goods that are prohibited by a law, regulation, or rule in a particular context. It can be a noun, as in contraband was discovered, or an adjective, as in contraband goods.
Conundrum means a confusing and difficult problem or question that is hard to solve or answer.
Use both and for two positive additions, either or for a choice, neither nor for two negative alternatives, and an emphatic addition pair when a second point needs extra weight. Keep the connected parts parallel.
The word cynical describes believing people act only out of selfishness. It also describes actions that take unfair advantage of others.