WRITING SENTENCES WITH STYLE

WRITING SENTENCES WITH STYLE

Making every word count

Writers must always be sincere to their readers. One should never cheat them. When readers read the message, they are really looking for ideas, thoughts, and meanings. A few tips are:

(i) Making each word advance your thoughts
Following example is illustrative:
Wordy / Verbose Concise (Improved)
„The following statistical data would serve „Statistics show the
to give a good idea of the cost of production‟ cost of production‟
Look for every superfluous word and eliminate it. It will save customers‟ effort.

(ii) Consolidating thoughts
Writers can do several things to pack a sentence by combining, summarizing and consolidating thoughts succinctly.