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Originally Posted by Will.Spencer
It's very hard to read. It feels like they are making things overly complex on purpose!
I don't want to say that one style of writing is better than the other, but longer sentences are harder to read. Almost every writer I've worked with could improve the readability of their works by using shorter sentences.
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They probably are. Many who begin writing in English for the first time try to model themselves after someone, or they try to fit everything into one sentence. I've also come across Indian writers who use to many "filler" sentences. Like this:
This method is number one. I can tell you I use this method personally. I am continuing loving how this works and you will too, let me explain...
I think stopping and learning the basics (how sentences are formed and how words fit together in Western English) would definitely improve writing. Which means they should start reading more. Books, not blog posts.
I don't think long sentences make content harder to read, depending on who is writing them. Sentence length serves as part of literary structure just like short sentences, figurative language, etc. It all comes together to form an individual's writing style.
I write in long sentences because that's just my personality. I'd like to think it doesn't degrade the quality of my writing skills.
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