32. Michael Angelo was the greatest of all other painters. (431)
33. Try as you may, one cannot do it. (432)
34. Everybody should save their money while they are young. (433)
35. He will have learned better by Sunday unless he never tried it again. (434)
36. Military training is all right for a young man, but don’t ask me to take any. (435)
37. Yesterday he was seen by at least ten people, and I myself saw him today. (436)
Chapter IX
SENTENCE VIGOR
Good sentences are characterized by correctness and clearness, but the best sentences possess a third quality. Effective sentences must entertain, persuade, or convince. To do these things, they must be graceful, vivid, forceful, and emphatic presentations of the writer’s ideas. The quality which makes correct and clear sentences effective is called vigor.
500. To emphasize pointedly, place material in a sentence by itself.