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You cannot write a sentence that will mean exactly the same to all readers. Complete control by the writer is impossible.

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December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The last sentence of a paragraph can on occasion be used effectively to say something witty, ironic, or even contradictory.

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March 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
What Miss Grundy taught us in the 7th grade won't work for writing as part of a professional life:

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May 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The 5-sentence paragraph taught in school — topic sentence, body, conclusion — rarely exists in professional prose. Forget it.

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March 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
No one told us that when we graduate for the last time, our rhetorical task of writing changes. In school, we were writing for an audience that had nothing to learn from us.

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August 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The most rigid expectation: The last sentence of an opening paragraph promises the reader what the whole document will be about.
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March 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Stating the issue at the beginning of a sophisticated paragraph can take one, two, or even three sentences. Four won't work.
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March 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
In a paragraph, you never are sure the issue statement has finished until you know you are now launched into the discussion.
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March 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A 130-word sentence can ring clear as a bell; and a 13-word sentence can be hopelessly opaque. The numbers don't matter.
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February 25, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Readers think a main clause — a clause that can stand by itself in a sentence — will contain the writer's main thought.

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March 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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
I’ve spent months researching AI’s impact on writing professions. No specialty is safe, despite what practitioners keep saying. 🧵
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March 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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
Readers of English read from left to right and through time. Writers should understand that and use it to their advantage.

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December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The gross structure of professional documents varies with each profession's needs and is usually learned on the job.
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March 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The number of words in a sentence, taken by itself, is no indication of the sentence's quality.

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February 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Awesome lecture series about professional writing. Larry McEnerney lectures are on my annual re-watch short list.

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LEADERSHIP LAB: Writing Beyond the Academy 1.23.15
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November 11, 2024 at 11:34 PM
A sentence presents a single thought; a paragraph presents and develops a single (perhaps multi-part) thought.
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March 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
To discover whether you've had a thought — and not just an impression that you've had a thought — try to write it down.

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April 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
When applying for a new position in academia or in any industry, your cover letter is as important as your resume. Here are four tips to help you create an effective and personable cover letter.

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May 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Like sentences, paragraphs connect backwards most securely by referencing either the beginning or the end of their predecessor.
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March 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Paragraphs have significant beginnings, middles, and ends, but no single, set structure that must be constantly reproduced.

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March 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Before growth comes structure. If you need help turning your business idea into organized, professional documentation, I’m here.
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February 24, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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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January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM