Which sentence example displays better principles of writing? Five students were missing. There is a cat under

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Which sentence example displays better principles of writing?

		
Five students were missing.

		
There is a cat under the table.

		
There were errors in the report.

		
There are five students missing.

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"Five students were missing."

Why: it puts the important noun (five students) up front and avoids the weak existential construction "there is/are." That makes the sentence more direct and concise. (Note: depending on context you could make it even stronger: "Five students were missing from class" or "Five students went missing," if those meanings fit.)

Which sentence example displays better principles of writing?

Five students were missing.

There is a cat under the table.

There were errors in the report.

There are five students missing.

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Which sentence example displays better principles of writing? Five students were missing. There is a cat under the table. There were errors in the report. There are five students missing.

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Which sentence example displays better principles of writing?

Five students were missing.

There is a cat under the table.

There were errors in the report.

There are five students missing.