Comments on: How to tame a wild sentence https://writegroup.io/how-to-tame-a-wild-sentence/ Better business outcomes with clear, effective writing. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Lesley Hanes https://writegroup.io/how-to-tame-a-wild-sentence/#comment-3540 Mon, 21 May 2018 21:55:14 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=8530#comment-3540 In reply to Michael LaRocca, Business Editor.

Thanks Michael!

Yes, I agree with you — it’s clarity and reading ease that count. Monster sentences must be tamed!

I love the last line in your comment by the way. ‘There’s no great writing, only great rewriting.’

]]> By: Michael LaRocca, Business Editor https://writegroup.io/how-to-tame-a-wild-sentence/#comment-3532 Fri, 18 May 2018 14:00:39 +0000 https://writegroup.io/?p=8530#comment-3532 Excellent advice!

I would add that it’s okay to break up a real monster of a sentence into two or three shorter sentences. It’s not choppy. It’s clear. We don’t want our readers to read our words more than once to sort out the meaning. They won’t do it. I know I won’t, unless I’m getting paid.

There’s no great writing, only great rewriting.

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