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Constance Hale Quotes

Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention Picture Quote #1

Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even to-the-point memos, music is as important as meaning. In fact, music can drive home the meaning of words Picture Quote #1

The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar Picture Quote #1

Over the course of several articles, I will give you the tools to become a sentence connoisseur as well as a sentence artisan. Each of my lessons will give you the insight to appreciate fine sentences and the vocabulary to talk about them Picture Quote #1

A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? The verb Picture Quote #1

Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason Picture Quote #1

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There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their sentences distinctive Picture Quote #1

Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea Picture Quote #1

Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear Picture Quote #1

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Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention (Constance Hale Quotes) Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even to-the-point memos, music is as important as meaning. In fact, music can drive home the meaning of words (Constance Hale Quotes) The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar (Constance Hale Quotes) Over the course of several articles, I will give you the tools to become a sentence connoisseur as well as a sentence artisan. Each of my lessons will give you the insight to appreciate fine sentences and the vocabulary to talk about them (Constance Hale Quotes) A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? The verb (Constance Hale Quotes) Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason (Constance Hale Quotes) There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their sentences distinctive (Constance Hale Quotes) Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea (Constance Hale Quotes) Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear (Constance Hale Quotes)