“That implies…that the conventional wisdom has been outlined in a preamble. It further assumes that the writer has the intellectual heft to dismiss it in a single word. And that the subsequent ...

I collect sentences the way some people collect shot glasses or commemorative plates. I memorize them, quote them, cherish them and aspire to replicate the genius that comes from the perfect grouping ...

Most writers struggle to produce well-crafted sentences. But as the literary critic and author Alfred Kazin explained in 1964, for Hemingway the perfect sentence was almost an obsession. All his ...

In fast-moving environments where investors, journalists and customers rely on quick interpretation, the first sentence or the first 10 seconds often determines everything that follows. If your ...