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Home Grammar Writing tips How To Build A Piece Of Writing Cohesion
Cohesion
On top of the underlying structure of a piece of writing, we also use various devices to link individual sentences and parts of sentences. This makes our writing flow naturally, without unnecessary repetition, and it also helps the reader to grasp the relationship between the ideas we're expressing. Here are the main ways in which we do this:
Reference
When we're writing or speaking, we use certain types of word to refer back to things that we've already mentioned or explained: this is something that we all do automatically. Pronouns have a particularly important role to play here. Take a look at this paragraph:
Hyphens are used to link words and parts of words. They are not as common today as they used to be but there are three main cases where you should use them.
If pronouns hadn't been used, the paragraph would read:
Hyphens are used to link words and parts of words. Hyphens are not as common today as hyphens used to be but there are three main cases where you should use hyphens.
Four uses of the noun ‘hyphen’ makes the paragraph repetitious and awkward: replacing the noun with pronouns results in a tighter and more elegant structure.
In general, using pronouns in place of nouns that have already been mentioned makes a piece of writing shorter and more focused. But remember to make sure your reader can follow any pronouns without losing track of who or what you're referring to: too many uses of ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, ‘them’, etc. can become confusing.
Linking
There are many expressions we can use to link different parts of a continuous piece of writing together. These expressions work in various ways, the most important of which are explained here.