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Curly writing

Curly writing

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Curly writing

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- An elite writer strives, as I've indicated, to be perfectly understood. And that's why clarity is so important. It's also why simplicity matters so much, as well. Alright. Because both of those ingredients help us to, to get our meaning across crisply and succinctly. You never want to write sentences that people have to go back and reread. Now, it's okay if they go back to appreciate a point better, to deepen their understanding of it, or to contemplate it more deeply, which is something we sometimes do while reading. But they shouldn't have to go back because they didn't get it or because they were confused by it. Now, curly writing is a particular style writing that uses a roundabout construction to get across the points, points that could be said, in a more straightforward way. This is an example of curly writing. While a four out of five chance of avoiding recession doesn't sound too alarming, it is notable that this is the highest probability in the post-war period that didn't…

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