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Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Left Dislocation Is a Great Rhetorical Tool

left dislocation is useful if you have a noun phrase that would sound awkward if it stayed in its expected position. Sentences are easier to understand if they present old information first and new information later. Left dis location is still considered informal, so you should avoid it in formal writin i's more appropriate in places like advertising or speech.

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