In other words, there’s a lot to think about. You cannot communicate with a person you have bored to death. You might explain in such a simple and clear way that the piece reads like a child’s book, in turn becoming incredibly boring and slow that you can barely follow it without falling asleep. Meanwhile clarity, which you’d think would always be a plus, can cause problems. Lengthy approaches can be great until walls of text become difficult to parse or elaborate descriptions get in the way of the story. All writers have their own flowery or to-the-point, huge paragraph-long sentences or a more staccato feel. Style is another place we can get stuck in a rut. Ignoring ‘rules’ like these gives you far more choice with your writing. No matter what anyone tells you, both are completely fine. This is particularly the case when the rule is not even a real rule, such as not ending a sentence with a preposition, or using ‘they’ as a singular pronoun. If you go too far in one direction, your writing suffers.įor example, a pedantic dedication to grammatical rules can get in the way of clarity and style. Is that the correct way to use a semicolon? Is that paragraph too boring? Will people understand this tweet? When we write, these three concerns sit at the forefront of our minds.
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