Most people know a good sentence when they read one, but New York Times columnist Stanley Fish says most of us don't really know how to write them ourselves. His new book, How To Write A Sentence ...

Expand a short sentence to add more detail or meaning. Learn how to write complex sentences with BBC Bitesize KS3 English for students aged 11-14..

Though he doesn’t mention that experience in his new book, How To Write a Sentence and How To Read One, it’s not far offstage.

Statement sentences tell the reader a fact or idea about a single topic. Find out how to use statement sentences in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

Sentences have been around since the dawn of paragraphs, and indeed since before that, for sentences are essentially the building blobs of a paragraph.

Write topic sentences for each of the body paragraphs, and then match topic sentences with examples and analysis to build an outline.

“First You Write a Sentence,” Joe Moran’s witty new writing primer, will help you craft clearer, livelier prose.