How a subordinate adverbial clause of purpose might just help you to sing

A while ago, I was thinking about how the order in which you arrange the phrases of a sentence makes a difference to its effect. And then on the WriteWords forum someone queried whether a sentence like this was good writing:



My hand reached out, seeking Adam's rough warmth but finding only the cool sleek linen of the sheets.



The grounds for the query were that "finding" implies that the
sentence is going to go on with something like "My hand...finding only
the cool sleek linen of the...

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Published on August 09, 2010 12:29
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