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I find it hard to reconcile what the author says in this article and what they say in an earlier article entitled "How to actually write a sentence", which is a
by Veen 6y ago
I find it hard to reconcile what the author says in this article and what they say in an earlier article entitled "How to actually write a sentence", which is an explanation of how cohesion and coherence contribute to well-formed sentences, a topic Pinker spends a couple of chapters on in Sense of Style.
https://metaphorhacker.net/2020/02/how-to-actually-write-a-sentence-the-building-blocks-of-written-language/ https://metaphorhacker.net/2020/02/how-to-actually-write-a-s...
- pdpi 6y agoI don’t have any trouble reconciling the two. It’s fine to write about advanced topics while also writing about how people should focus on getting the beginner stuff right before worrying about the advanced stuff.