Build
power
sentences
power
sentences
Roger
Gafke, CFRE
Fund-raising, public relations & training services for non-profit organizations
Fund-raising, public relations & training services for non-profit organizations
Index:
Keep it simple
Elements
- For most sentences
--one of each
- Subject
- Verb
- (and often) Direct Object
- Simple sentence:
- This program was part of the our campaign to raise $5 million for a building in the East Campus.
- Complex sentence:
- When calling began, two factors influenced prospect decisions.
Use introductory phrases, clauses with care
- Misplaced ones
can create confusion
- Taking longer for lunch than expected, our meeting began 30 minutes late.
- They need to
modify the subject of the sentence
- Taking longer for lunch than expected, we began our meeting 30 minutes late.
- Better: We took longer for lunch than expected and began our meeting 30 minutes late.
You try it.
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Phone or FAX: (573) 881-5446, E-mail:roger@gafke.com, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd., Columbia, MO 65202, updated: 7/03/2007