How many times can you use of in a sentence?

While it might sound strange at first, it is grammatically correct! Because you can use the “of” syntax as often as you like. The Department of Defense of the Nation of Germany is still a correct sentence, because there’s is not limit of how often you can connect two words of a sentence with the of-syntax.

How many can a sentence have?

The eight parts of speech — nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions, and interjections — form different parts of a sentence. However, to be a complete thought, a sentence only needs a subject (a noun or pronoun) and a predicate (a verb).

Can you use many times in one sentence?

Yes, you should not use conjunctions like “and,” “but,” or “or” too many times in one sentence. Doing so indicates you have created a run-on sentence. Run-on sentences are when a writer strings together multiple independent clauses, thoughts, without much punctuation.

How many and can be in a sentence?

“And” can only be used once in a sentence to connect big ideas. “And” can be used two times in a sentence when making a list of things. Just like too many bridges, too many “ands” make a sentence hard to follow.

Can be used in sentence?

In the sentence “We can have as many as ten people for dinner tonight,” can is used to show ability (“We are able to have as many as ten people for dinner tonight;” “We have enough food/space for ten people.”).

How long can a sentence be?

So here’s the rule: your sentences should usually be about from 20 to 30 words long. If your style is breezy, 15 words would be good. Sentences with 50 or more words should be avoided if possible. Throw in a shorter sentence now and then that refocuses, summarizes, surprises.

Can you use 4 commas in a sentence?

If you have sentences like, “Bob walked, to, the store, slowly” then yes, there are too many commas. But a sentence that contains a list could legitimately have many commas. Like, “He found a bottle, three coins, two keys, a small metal box, a pack of matches, some scraps of paper, and a patridge in a pear tree.”

Can and be used more than once in a sentence?

3 Answers. You can certainly use more than one and in a sentence, and the rhetorical device is called polysyndeton. At school today, we had sums and writing and play and dinner and a story and a prayer and then I came home.