Part of your writing journey involves you becoming a better writer. You achieve this from writing a lot and pushing yourself to recognize things like passive voice. Can you use colons and semi-colons correctly? Are you looking for better words?
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June 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Part of your writing journey involves you becoming a better writer. You achieve this from writing a lot and pushing yourself to recognize things like passive voice. Can you use colons and semi-colons correctly? Are you looking for better words?
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A subject and its verb lose touch with one another when something intended for emphasis intervenes between them.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A subject and its verb lose touch with one another when something intended for emphasis intervenes between them.
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June 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A colon promises: The preceding clause will either be restated in different terms or be supported by a list of examples. #readerexpectationapproach #EnglishGrammar #betterwriting #promise
February 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A colon promises: The preceding clause will either be restated in different terms or be supported by a list of examples. #readerexpectationapproach #EnglishGrammar #betterwriting #promise
A subject and its verb should be close to one another in a sentence because their functions depend so critically on one another.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
A subject and its verb should be close to one another in a sentence because their functions depend so critically on one another.
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The #1 writing problem in the USA: Not placing words to be stressed next to a colon, semicolon, or period.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The #1 writing problem in the USA: Not placing words to be stressed next to a colon, semicolon, or period.
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#ReaderExpectation #ProseRhythm #LegalWriting
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Your tone speaks through your words. Make each one count! #writersofbluesky #writersonbluesky #tone #writingtips #writinghelp #writingskills #writinginspiration #amwriting #editingtips #betterwriting #storycrafting #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingstrategies #improvement #wordsmithing
January 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Your tone speaks through your words. Make each one count! #writersofbluesky #writersonbluesky #tone #writingtips #writinghelp #writingskills #writinginspiration #amwriting #editingtips #betterwriting #storycrafting #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingstrategies #improvement #wordsmithing
A sentence is too short when it has no viable candidate for a Stress position, indicated by a colon, semi-colon, or period.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A sentence is too short when it has no viable candidate for a Stress position, indicated by a colon, semi-colon, or period.
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#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentencestructure
For all closing paragraphs, readers expect the point to be announced at the end.
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March 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For all closing paragraphs, readers expect the point to be announced at the end.
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#professionalwriting #betterwriting #paragraphstructure
For all opening paragraphs, readers expect the point to be announced at the end.
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March 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For all opening paragraphs, readers expect the point to be announced at the end.
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#paragraphstructure #learnenglish #betterwriting
A piece of writing is in the business of delivery. If it successfully transfers to the reader's mind the thoughts that were in the writer's mind, it is good writing. Quality is to be judged by the success of the attempted delivery.
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April 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A piece of writing is in the business of delivery. If it successfully transfers to the reader's mind the thoughts that were in the writer's mind, it is good writing. Quality is to be judged by the success of the attempted delivery.
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#betterwriting #readerexpectationapproach
If you cannot express your thought in writing, you probably have not yet finished thinking it.
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April 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
If you cannot express your thought in writing, you probably have not yet finished thinking it.
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#thinkingaboutthinking #professionalwriting #betterwriting
Linguists definition of "Stress position": A Stress position is any moment of full syntactic closure.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Linguists definition of "Stress position": A Stress position is any moment of full syntactic closure.
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#BetterWriting #Englishlanguage #ScientificWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
Parentheses that surround an interruptive comment in a sentence instruct the reader to ("lower the voice") within.
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#BetterWriting #SentenceStructure #LearnEnglish #ReaderExpectationApproach
February 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Parentheses that surround an interruptive comment in a sentence instruct the reader to ("lower the voice") within.
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#BetterWriting #SentenceStructure #LearnEnglish #ReaderExpectationApproach
In a paragraph, the issue introduces the discussion; the point is the product or the cause of the discussion.
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March 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In a paragraph, the issue introduces the discussion; the point is the product or the cause of the discussion.
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Anything that intervenes between a subject and its verb is read by a reader as being less important — merely interruptive.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Anything that intervenes between a subject and its verb is read by a reader as being less important — merely interruptive.
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"Topic sentence"? A paragraph's first sentence cannot always inform readers what to expect from the paragraph as a whole.
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#readerexpectationapproach #greatexpectations #betterwriting #professionalwriting #learnenglish
March 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"Topic sentence"? A paragraph's first sentence cannot always inform readers what to expect from the paragraph as a whole.
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#readerexpectationapproach #greatexpectations #betterwriting #professionalwriting #learnenglish
Whenever an "and" connects two main clauses, it fails to tell a reader how to connect those clauses. Best avoid this structure.
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#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #professionalwriting #legalwriting #scientificwriting #mainclause
March 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Whenever an "and" connects two main clauses, it fails to tell a reader how to connect those clauses. Best avoid this structure.
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#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #professionalwriting #legalwriting #scientificwriting #mainclause
Two double-dashes that surround an interruptive comment in a sentence instruct the reader to - "Raise the Voice" - within.
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February 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Two double-dashes that surround an interruptive comment in a sentence instruct the reader to - "Raise the Voice" - within.
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#betterwriting #sentencestructure #learnenglish #readerexpectationapproach #punctuation
A sentence is too long when it has more viable candidates for Stress positions than colons, semi-colons, or periods.
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#stressposition #readerexpectationapproach #sentencestructure #betterwriting
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A sentence is too long when it has more viable candidates for Stress positions than colons, semi-colons, or periods.
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#stressposition #readerexpectationapproach #sentencestructure #betterwriting
Readers expect to find a paragraph's point up front, as the last sentence of the stated issue. Exception: 1st and last paragraphs.
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March 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Readers expect to find a paragraph's point up front, as the last sentence of the stated issue. Exception: 1st and last paragraphs.
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#paragraphstructure #learnenglish #betterwriting
There are no "weak" verbs or "strong" verbs: The weakness or strength depends on the context in which the verb is found.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
There are no "weak" verbs or "strong" verbs: The weakness or strength depends on the context in which the verb is found.
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The information in a mere phrase is considered by readers to be less important than the information in a dependent clause.
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#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #professionalwriting #legalwriting #scientificwriting
March 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The information in a mere phrase is considered by readers to be less important than the information in a dependent clause.
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#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #professionalwriting #legalwriting #scientificwriting
It may be natural for writers to front-load the important information in a sentence; but it is disastrous for readers.
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#readerexpectationapproach #sentencestructure #stressposition #betterwriting #ProfessionalWriting
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It may be natural for writers to front-load the important information in a sentence; but it is disastrous for readers.
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#readerexpectationapproach #sentencestructure #stressposition #betterwriting #ProfessionalWriting
Place the words you want your reader to stress in a Stress position — just before a colon, semi-colon, or period.
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#readerexpectationapproach #goodstress #ScientificWriting #ProfessionalWriting #betterwriting
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Place the words you want your reader to stress in a Stress position — just before a colon, semi-colon, or period.
#readerexpectationapproach #goodstress #ScientificWriting #ProfessionalWriting #betterwriting
#readerexpectationapproach #goodstress #ScientificWriting #ProfessionalWriting #betterwriting