English writing techniques

• Double adjective start


  Infrequent and expensive school holidays need to change
• Not only...but also


  Not only are holidays too infrequent, but they are also badly timed
• Triple noun colon 


  Students, teachers, parents; everyone would prefer more frequent holidays
• Brackets although 


  School holidays are too infrequent(although the total number of dYs are high) and are poorly timed across the year
• Fortunately,/unfortunately,


  Fortunately, every school holiday is at least one week long; unfortunately, by the time a holiday begins we are all too exhausted to enjoy it
• Adverb comma 


  Typically, no one consults children on how they feel about holiday dates and the frequency of their breaks
• So,so


  Holidays are so infrequent, so spread out, that by the time the six week holiday begins you are too tired to enjoy it
• It isn't/it is (wasn't/was


  It isn't a matter of just wanting more holiday time, it is a necessary break from the pressure of school
• More, more, more


  More work and more pressure has meant more anxiety for students
• Less, less, less


  The less we see our family, the less we will actually be able to enjoy the holidays we have