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Laurianne Sumerset

Before he became a famous writer, Ernest Hemingway started his career as a young reporter for the Kansas City Star. It was there that he received a very basic style sheet that contains four simple rules. What did it say?

Use short sentences
Use short first paragraphs
Use vigorous English
And be positive, never negative

If those items sound familiar, that's because you've likely heard them repeated numerous times in many writing guides. They're as basic for good writing as it gets.

"Those were the best rules I ever learned in the business of writing," Hemingway recounted years later. "I've never forgotten them. No one...can fail to write well if he abides by them."

As an ESL writer who's still struggling with the written aspect of the English language, following the above guidelines can be the best thing to keep in mind. Even with the lack of a full facility in the vernacular, you can end up with prose that reads well if you follow them in your own work, coupled with a good ESL assistant software.

Why do they work so well?

Short sentences are easy to read, allowing you to make fewer mistakes while never losing the reader at any point.
Short first paragraphs are easy to digest, making it easy to begin reading anything you put to paper.
Vigorous English may not be up your alley yet as an ESL writer. But if you can manage it, your text will read alive and powerful.
Positive statements are easier to understand than negative ones, apart from helping you come up with more powerful arguments.

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