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To see the actions readers perceive in your paragraph, circle all the verbs and read them in progression. What you wanted?
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“What I’m always looking for as an editor is a sentence that says something like “I’ll never forget the day when I …” I think, “Aha! A person!”

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“What I’m always looking for as an editor is a sentence that says something like “I’ll never forget the day when I …” I think, “Aha! A person!” — from On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
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