I Fought The Law And The Law Lost
Happy National Speak in Sentences Day.
Party on!
Oops. “Party on” is not a complete sentence!
My bad.
Oops, I did it again.
LOL!
Darn it! I meant, “I am now laughing out loud.”
That’s better, at least according to the “Speak In Sentences” police.
I hear from them occasionally.
“Your emails and blog posts are full of sentence fragments,” they tell me.
“That’s unprofessional,” they insist.
Then they lecture: “You must write in complete sentences. You may not end sentences with prepositions. You are forbidden to begin a sentence with ‘and’ or ‘but.’”
Perfect grammar and complete sentences? Not my thing.
You see, I write like I talk, and I talk like an ordinary human being — not an English professor.
No shame in that. In fact, it makes my writing more “human.” More relatable. More readable.
I used to write email essays. I used to write as if Clara Fieselmann, my 7th-grade English teacher, would grade me. She was a decorated member of the “Speak in Sentences” police.
But no more. Now I write as if I’m having a conversation with you. And the results speak for themselves.
Open rates up.
Click rates up.
Conversion rates up.
So on this and every May 31, I’ll skip the celebration for National Speak in Sentences Day.
May 31 is also National Macaroon Day. Now that’s worth celebrating!
Don't go away yet..
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