Some of the best communicators in history (including authors that were mandatory reading when I was at high school) would struggle to pass an entrace exam for a college or university today. Everything has rules attached, some of which are pointless, and could easily be eliminated. For example, what is the point of the second comma in that second sentence? It makes no difference to the meaning.
Forget about trying to learn to write well. Simply choose a topic you think will interest or inspire your reader, then be honest, and write what you think and how you feel about that topic.
When a PSA reaches a milestone, a short, upbeat note of congratulation is much better than an indepth analysis of how they got there, or a grammatically correct message that lacks personality.
Here are 2 more sentences my English teacher would have put a red line through...
Some of the best communicators in history (including authors that were mandatory reading when I was at high school) would struggle to pass an entrace exam for a college or university today. Everything has rules attached, some of which are pointless, and could easily be eliminated. For example, what is the point of the second comma in that second sentence? It makes no difference to the meaning.
Forget about trying to learn to write well. Simply choose a topic you think will interest or ...more
