{"id":7774,"date":"2023-12-06T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=7774"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:25:22","slug":"what-is-mixed-construction-and-is-it-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-mixed-construction-and-is-it-bad","title":{"rendered":"What is mixed construction (and is it bad)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">No matter how often you write, grammar mistakes are bound to happen. One common writing error that you may come across is mixed construction, where sentences don\u2019t quite start the same way they finish. 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