Day 44: Limit the number of S-V-O combinations in a sentence.

Here is the final strategy for using the S-V-O sentence structure: Limit the number of S-V-O combinations in a sentence. To demonstrate how this tip helps clarify sentences, consider this sentence.

“At our request, the consultant prepared a legal analysis of the bill that we used to change the planning process currently operating that the previous consultant designed.”

When we examine this sentence, we find a number of S-V-O and SV combinations: “consultant prepared,” “we used,” “process operating,” and “consultant designed.” We can revise this sentence in various ways by following this tip. One revision is as follows.

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“At our request, the consultant prepared a legal analysis of the bill. We used the analysis to change the current planning process, which a previous consultant had designed.”

In the revised version, the first sentence has one S-V-O combination, and the second sentence has one S-V-O combination and one S-V combination. As a result, the meaning is easier to understand.