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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with reading a lot. I went to a mediocre public high school and never had extra help with writing. I just read QUALITY books - like real classics, not Harry Potter and Goosebumps - starting early. Also publications like the Economist. You absolutely pick up the rhythm of good writing just by reading it. Also, the basic 5-paragraph essay structure is so easy and a good basis for later papers. It's so simple and so many bad writers ignore it. Topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence.[/quote] Agree with everything in this post.[/quote] But don’t you understand that not everyone has an aptitude for writing? People who have an aptitude can learn easily through reading quality books or the Economist, even! For most people, it requires hands-on teaching: sentence construction, grammar, word choice, style, rhythm, cadence, how to be concise, how to be persuasive and so on. [/quote]
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