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This reads like it was written by a third-grader. Accessible? Maybe. Enjoyable? Not in my book. As a German speaker, I feel like English prose is already extre
by Hendrikto 4y ago
This reads like it was written by a third-grader. Accessible? Maybe. Enjoyable? Not in my book.
As a German speaker, I feel like English prose is already extremely biased towards short sentences. This makes some sense, as German has much more grammar to make these sentences readable and unambiguous.
At some point, I feel like making sentences even shorter does not aid the readability, but rather stands in its way.
- xwdv 4y agoSentences are just a tool for exchanging an idea. The actual sentence doesn’t matter, only the idea.
- thejohnconway 4y agoThe article isn't advocating making sentences shorter. It is using short sentences, but that is not what is being said.
- avgcorrection 4y agoIf you want five-line sentences with plenty of dashes and semicolons then the American Humanities still has got you covered.
- mbg117 4y agoThis article had more to do with the visual separation of sentences, so they're easier to inspect at a glance, and not so much how small they are. Not necessarily the containment of each sentence to a single line, but a new line between each sentence to maintain separation.