This document discusses different ways of organizing texts and language. It explains that in informal contexts, subjects are often personal pronouns like I, you, we, while in formal contexts subjects are usually nouns or noun phrases. It also discusses using introductory "it" structures, ellipsis to avoid repetition, organizing information with a "zigzag" pattern, adding emphasis with it-clauses and what-clauses, and repeating ideas through related words.

1. W ays of O rganizing T exts by Piet van der Laan

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19. T his presentation was based on: Grammar for EILTS By Dianna Hopkins with Pauline Cullen