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How to use inversion after never, rarely, hardly, no sooner, not only and only when, plus inverted conditionals like 'Had I known'.

How to use it-clefts and what-clefts (It was Anna who..., What I need is...) to focus on the most important part of a sentence.

How to use participle clauses with -ing, -ed and having done to give reasons, times, results and conditions, and how to avoid dangling participles.

How to use 'It is said that...' and 'He is said to...' to report what people think or say, with all the infinitive forms and past tenses.

How to use the subjunctive in English: base forms after suggest, insist and it is essential that, 'were' in unreal sentences, and fixed phrases.

How to add emphasis in English with do, does and did, and with the very, at all, whatsoever, on earth, myself, so, such and absolutely.

How to avoid repeating words in English: one and ones, do and do so, I think so and I hope not, and leaving words out after auxiliaries and to.

How to make claims and opinions softer and more careful in English with may, tend to, seem to, it is likely that, arguably and other hedging words.

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