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Teeliq Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Summing 2 or 3 statements

sometimes, when I am summing up multiple causes, I would like to use of certain sentence structure that goes as follows:

there are three main causes for this 1) cause one 2) cause two 3) cause three.

I want to use this structure because I believe it makes it clear for the reader where the three arguments are located and because I personally feel that it is nice to read.

I was wondering if this sentence structure is allowed in formal writing and if not, what would be good alternatives?

  

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S ometimes, when I am summing up multiple causes, I would like to use of certain the following sentence structur e. that goes as follows: T here are three main causes for thi s: 1) cause on e, 2) cause tw o, and 3) cause three. I want to use this structure because I believe it makes it clear for the reader where what the three arguments ar e, located and because I personally feel that it is nice to read.

  • S ometimes, when I am summing up multiple causes, I would like to use of certain the following sentence structur e.
  • that goes as follows: T here are three main causes for thi s: 1) cause on e, 2) cause tw o, and 3) cause three.
  • I want to use this structure because I believe it makes it clear for the reader where what the three arguments ar e, located and because I personally feel that it is nice to read.
  • I was wondering if this sentence structure is allowed in formal writing and if not, what would be good alternatives?
  • See above.
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Sometimes, when I am summing up multiple causes, I would like to use of certain the following sentence structure. that goes as follows:

There are three main causes for thi

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Don't do that if you are writing an essay. Instead, write standard prose sentences using words like first, second, third to introduce 3 sentences or 3 paragraphs.

Your approach in business and technical English is fine. I would arrange each section like this.

There are three main causes for this.

1) cause one

2) cause two

3) cause

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