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The sentence structure for this is also gray. Sentences are all of similar length with little variation. After a few paragraphs you start to feel the monotony.
by slazaro 8y ago
The sentence structure for this is also gray. Sentences are all of similar length with little variation. After a few paragraphs you start to feel the monotony. There is no shorter or longer sentence to break the tension. I don't know if this was intentional or not. But I think it fits the tone of the article well. I'm writing in that way right now and it's rather uncomfortable.
Edit: Made me think of this: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/373814-this-sentence-has-five-words-here-are-five-more-words https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/373814-this-sentence-has-fi...
- girvo 8y agoWhat’s curious is I both love grey and really enjoyed the sentence structure and writing style.
- weinzierl 8y agoMe too, I never understood why people are bothered about varying sentence length. Same with synonyms. I prefer when authors find the perfect word and then stick with it. The resulting word repetitions are something I only notice when someone points them out to me, even if they drive other people out of their minds.
- mc32 8y agoYep, other languages (Chinese for example) don't see it as odd if you have to use the same word repeatedly --people don't feel pressure to use synonyms to say the same thing or elaborate on a given topic. Wish more writers of English felt the same way.