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Mercedes de Santiago's avatar

Well, first thing first, my mother tongue is NOT English. For a foreign person, those sentences, written so short, look like the writer is really in a hurry.

Of course, when you are in an English class, they actually tell you not to write so long sentences because probably you're not going to be understood. In my particular case, those long sentences are a consecuence of being a lawyer: legal language has some oddities and one of them is precisely that legal documents normally are written with long sentences and complicated language. So, erm, I try to write with short ones, but normally... it's a lost battle.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

Mastering the cumulative sentence is a good way to write (non-legal) long sentences that allow the reader to process the information. I appreciate you reading and commenting. Thank you.

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Mercedes de Santiago's avatar

I’beginning to read your essays on writing. I find them really interesting… I will be commenting although I can’t promise when I will be able to do It.

PS: I’m sick of the spell checker… 😩

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