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Do this, and also read what you write aloud. Pay attention to repetition, to unclear thinking, to confused writing, and to anything else which distracts from y
by chromatic 16y ago
Do this, and also read what you write aloud. Pay attention to repetition, to unclear thinking, to confused writing, and to anything else which distracts from your point.
- markstansbury 16y ago"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." - Orwell. Which reminds me to add: read Orwell's essays. If I were going to prescribe a list of people that one should learn to write like it would be topped by Orwell and Nabokov.
- andrewce 16y agoI have my students do this, from middle-schoolers who are just learning the language to high-schoolers in advanced placement English classes. Reading your own writing aloud works wonders, so long as you're willing to edit mercilessly while reading aloud.