Explore Stratemeyer through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stratemeyer in a sentence
Using Stratemeyer
- In the example corpus, stratemeyer often appears in combinations such as: stratemeyer syndicate, the stratemeyer, edward stratemeyer.
Context around Stratemeyer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stratemeyer
- In this selection, "stratemeyer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, edward, edna, practices, syndicate, squier and began stand out and add context to how "stratemeyer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1914 edward stratemeyer proposed making and and edna stratemeyer squier wrote. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stratemeyer" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stratemeyer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Stratemeyer continued to write some books, while writing plot outlines for others. (12 words)
Stratemeyer invented the series to capitalize on the market for children's science adventure. (14 words)
While Stratemeyer believed that a woman's place was in the home, Johnson (1982), xxvi. (15 words)
Stratemeyer had created the Hardy Boys series in 1926 (although the first volumes were not published until 1927), which had been such a success that he decided on a similar series for girls, featuring an amateur girl detective as the heroine. (41 words)
Page 116. None of this hurt sales, however; Stratemeyer was unperturbed, even when his books were banned from the Newark Public Library as early as 1901, writing to a publisher: "Personally it does not matter much to me. (38 words)
The second Stratemeyer Syndicate series to be re-printed outside the United States appears to have been the first two books in the Don Sturdy series, although an exact date of printing is unknown. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
Edward Stratemeyer and his daughters Harriet Adams and Edna Stratemeyer Squier wrote most of the outlines for the original Nancy Drew series until 1979.
Plunkett-Powell (1993), 29. Writing guidelines All Stratemeyer Syndicate books were written under certain guidelines, based on practices Stratemeyer began with his first series, the Rover Boys.
At a time when most children's books were aimed at moral instruction, the Stratemeyer Syndicate specialized in producing books that were meant primarily to be entertaining.
Both the Stratemeyer Syndicate and the books' publishers have exercised control over the way Nancy is depicted.
Film and television As early as 1914, Edward Stratemeyer proposed making a Tom Swift movie, but no such movie was made.
He founded the Stratemeyer Syndicate to produce books in an efficient, assembly-line fashion and to write them in such a way as to maximize their popularity.
Page 116. None of this hurt sales, however; Stratemeyer was unperturbed, even when his books were banned from the Newark Public Library as early as 1901, writing to a publisher: "Personally it does not matter much to me.
Plunkett-Powell (1993), 24. Contracts stated that authors could not use their Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonyms independently of the Syndicate.
Stratemeyer continued to write some books, while writing plot outlines for others.
Stratemeyer had created the Hardy Boys series in 1926 (although the first volumes were not published until 1927), which had been such a success that he decided on a similar series for girls, featuring an amateur girl detective as the heroine.
Stratemeyer invented the series to capitalize on the market for children's science adventure.
Stratemeyer published a number of books under his own name, but the books published under pseudonyms sold better.
The character of Nancy Drew was conceived by Stratemeyer, who provided Benson with index card thumbnail sketches.
The second Stratemeyer Syndicate series to be re-printed outside the United States appears to have been the first two books in the Don Sturdy series, although an exact date of printing is unknown.
While Stratemeyer believed that a woman's place was in the home, Johnson (1982), xxvi.
Common combinations with stratemeyer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: