Simple sentences are important for making clear points. Be careful though - if you only ever use simple sentences in your writing you don’t add much detail, so your reader could lose interest.

Semicolons can combine two complete sentences (without a conjunction) when the sentences are closely related and it would make sense to combine the sentences with "and." Example: The chapter ends as ...

Using complex sentences can make it easier to add layers of information and detail when writing. Complex sentences have at least one subordinate clause that adds more detail and information to the ...

University of Cincinnati criminologist J.Z. Bennett has a new study that appears in the journal Criminology. The study, ...