The eyes are the windows to the soul. One's writing is the window to one's mind.
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#readerexpectationapproach
September 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The eyes are the windows to the soul. One's writing is the window to one's mind.
#readerexpectationapproach
#readerexpectationapproach
Rhetoric and real estate have this in common: the three most important things are location, location, and location.
#readerexpectationapproach #stressposition
#readerexpectationapproach #stressposition
April 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Rhetoric and real estate have this in common: the three most important things are location, location, and location.
#readerexpectationapproach #stressposition
#readerexpectationapproach #stressposition
The last sentence of a paragraph can on occasion be used effectively to say something witty, ironic, or even contradictory.
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting #writinghumor
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting #writinghumor
March 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The last sentence of a paragraph can on occasion be used effectively to say something witty, ironic, or even contradictory.
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting #writinghumor
#readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure #scientificwriting #legalwriting #professionalwriting #writinghumor
Good passive: If it is the only way to make the grammatical subject state whose story the sentence is.
#PassiveVoice #Grammar #SentenceStructure #ClarityInWriting #BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
#PassiveVoice #Grammar #SentenceStructure #ClarityInWriting #BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Good passive: If it is the only way to make the grammatical subject state whose story the sentence is.
#PassiveVoice #Grammar #SentenceStructure #ClarityInWriting #BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
#PassiveVoice #Grammar #SentenceStructure #ClarityInWriting #BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
A subject and its verb lose touch with one another when something intended for emphasis intervenes between them.
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentence
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentence
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.
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentence
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentence
The 5-sentence paragraph taught in school — topic sentence, body, conclusion — rarely exists in professional prose. Forget it.
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#professionalwriting #scientificwriting #legalwriting #readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure
March 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The 5-sentence paragraph taught in school — topic sentence, body, conclusion — rarely exists in professional prose. Forget it.
#professionalwriting #scientificwriting #legalwriting #readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure
#professionalwriting #scientificwriting #legalwriting #readerexpectationapproach #paragraphstructure
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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#readerexpectationapproach #learnenglish #professionalwriting #scientifficwriting #legalwriting
March 7, 2026 at 2:28 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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#readerexpectationapproach #learnenglish #professionalwriting #scientifficwriting #legalwriting
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
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.
#professionalwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#professionalwriting #readerexpectationapproach
August 11, 2026 at 3:32 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.
#professionalwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#professionalwriting #readerexpectationapproach
A subject and its verb should be close to one another in a sentence because their functions depend so critically on one another.
#readerexpectationapproach#sentencestructure #betterwriting
#readerexpectationapproach#sentencestructure #betterwriting
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.
#readerexpectationapproach#sentencestructure #betterwriting
#readerexpectationapproach#sentencestructure #betterwriting
If a list is light-weight enough to be read swiftly, it should be introduced by a double-dash and divided by commas.
#makinalist #readerexpectationapproach #clearwriting #englishlanguage
#makinalist #readerexpectationapproach #clearwriting #englishlanguage
February 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If a list is light-weight enough to be read swiftly, it should be introduced by a double-dash and divided by commas.
#makinalist #readerexpectationapproach #clearwriting #englishlanguage
#makinalist #readerexpectationapproach #clearwriting #englishlanguage
If a list is heavy-weight enough that each item requires emphasis, it should be introduced by a colon and divided by semi-colons.
#readerexpectationapproach #englishwriting #scentificwriting
#readerexpectationapproach #englishwriting #scentificwriting
February 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
If a list is heavy-weight enough that each item requires emphasis, it should be introduced by a colon and divided by semi-colons.
#readerexpectationapproach #englishwriting #scentificwriting
#readerexpectationapproach #englishwriting #scentificwriting
At the end of every sentence, we have to know what happened, whose story it has been, how the sentence connects backward and forward to its neighbors, and which of its words are the most important — the starts of the show.
#readerexpectationapproach #readersmind
#readerexpectationapproach #readersmind
April 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
At the end of every sentence, we have to know what happened, whose story it has been, how the sentence connects backward and forward to its neighbors, and which of its words are the most important — the starts of the show.
#readerexpectationapproach #readersmind
#readerexpectationapproach #readersmind
A sentence must connect backward and forward to its neighbors as smoothly as a fine sentence flows from its start to its end.
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
A sentence must connect backward and forward to its neighbors as smoothly as a fine sentence flows from its start to its end.
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
A 130-word sentence can ring clear as a bell; and a 13-word sentence can be hopelessly opaque. The numbers don't matter.
#readerexpectationapproach #ClearWriting #SentenceStructure #ProfessionalWriting #GrantWriting
#readerexpectationapproach #ClearWriting #SentenceStructure #ProfessionalWriting #GrantWriting
February 25, 2026 at 8:59 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.
#readerexpectationapproach #ClearWriting #SentenceStructure #ProfessionalWriting #GrantWriting
#readerexpectationapproach #ClearWriting #SentenceStructure #ProfessionalWriting #GrantWriting
A sentence is too short when it has no viable candidate for a Stress position, indicated by a colon, semi-colon, or period.
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentencestructure
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentencestructure
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.
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentencestructure
#readerexpectationapproach #betterwriting #stressposition #sentencestructure
State as early as possible in a sentence the words that logically connect this sentence back to the one that preceded it.
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
State as early as possible in a sentence the words that logically connect this sentence back to the one that preceded it.
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
#readerexpectationapproach #EffectiveCommunication #ScientificWriting #ClarityInWriting #contextcontrolsmeaning
To see the actions readers perceive in your paragraph, circle all the verbs and read them in progression. What you wanted?
#WritingSkills #ReaderPerspective #EditingPractice #ClearProse
#BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
#WritingSkills #ReaderPerspective #EditingPractice #ClearProse
#BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
To see the actions readers perceive in your paragraph, circle all the verbs and read them in progression. What you wanted?
#WritingSkills #ReaderPerspective #EditingPractice #ClearProse
#BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
#WritingSkills #ReaderPerspective #EditingPractice #ClearProse
#BusinessWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
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.
#betterwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#betterwriting #readerexpectationapproach
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.
#betterwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#betterwriting #readerexpectationapproach
By 2035, you will be able to split any infinitive you like. All the people who were trained o care will no longer be in power.
#readerexpectationapproach #revolution #powershift #englishwriting #futureleaders
#readerexpectationapproach #revolution #powershift #englishwriting #futureleaders
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
By 2035, you will be able to split any infinitive you like. All the people who were trained o care will no longer be in power.
#readerexpectationapproach #revolution #powershift #englishwriting #futureleaders
#readerexpectationapproach #revolution #powershift #englishwriting #futureleaders
Readers of English expect the action of a sentence to be articulated by its verb.
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#writing #communication #businesswriting #readersperspective #readerexpectationapproach
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Readers of English expect the action of a sentence to be articulated by its verb.
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#writing #communication #businesswriting #readersperspective #readerexpectationapproach
Linguists definition of "Stress position": A Stress position is any moment of full syntactic closure.
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#BetterWriting #Englishlanguage #ScientificWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Linguists definition of "Stress position": A Stress position is any moment of full syntactic closure.
#BetterWriting #Englishlanguage #ScientificWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
#BetterWriting #Englishlanguage #ScientificWriting #ReaderExpectationApproach
Parentheses that surround an interruptive comment in a sentence instruct the reader to ("lower the voice") within.
#BetterWriting #SentenceStructure #LearnEnglish #ReaderExpectationApproach
#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.
#BetterWriting #SentenceStructure #LearnEnglish #ReaderExpectationApproach
#BetterWriting #SentenceStructure #LearnEnglish #ReaderExpectationApproach
Readers read a clause as being the story of whoever or whatever shows up as its grammatical subject. #writing #communication #businesswriting #readersperspective #readerexpectationapproach
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Readers read a clause as being the story of whoever or whatever shows up as its grammatical subject. #writing #communication #businesswriting #readersperspective #readerexpectationapproach
For writers, the primary unit of discourse is the sentence; for readers, the primary unit of discourse is the paragraph.
#readersandwriters #thinkingaboutwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#readersandwriters #thinkingaboutwriting #readerexpectationapproach
March 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For writers, the primary unit of discourse is the sentence; for readers, the primary unit of discourse is the paragraph.
#readersandwriters #thinkingaboutwriting #readerexpectationapproach
#readersandwriters #thinkingaboutwriting #readerexpectationapproach