Short and long sentences do different things. Short sentences make key points or recap them, and trade in swift action, jokes and little swerves in thought. Long ones take readers on a mental tour, offer a rambling inventory or knead and stretch out a thought like a pizza chef working dough. Short sentences give your brain a rest; long ones give it an aerobic workout. Short sentences imply that the world is cut and dried; long ones restore its ragged edges. Short sentences are declarative and sure; long ones are conditional and conjectural. Vary your sentence length and you mirror the way the
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