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To: MHGinTN; neverevergiveup

I try to alternate: occasional lengthy but elegant sentences, frequent short and pithy ones.

Long sentences are an art form, if done smoothly. A literate reader can appreciate such.


28 posted on 05/06/2018 6:06:01 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy
Here's an example of what I feel is the limit for a sentence. I wrote it long then condensed it: "I am sent to upgrade your understanding, to enlist your cooperation in bringing a shift in human consciousness by ending individual reliance upon energy provisioned by a small oligarchy."

That sentence was eleven words longer until edited. Editing is the work part of writing, unless You write things like South Pacific.

30 posted on 05/06/2018 6:17:27 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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