I think we would all agree that with the possible exception of textbooks and the like, if you have to stop and reread what the author has written to figure out what he or she meant, the author has failed. Almost as bad is a plodding narrative, typical of the pre-Hemingway era.
Last edited by Pierre Lawrence; 12-30-2022 at 04:49 AM.
Reason: added a pronoun
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