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Context is important, and this question is hard to answer. But I'll try. Sentence length is something that creates a rhythm in the text. For example, let's think of a situation where you have suc...
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2019-12-08T02:56:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Context is important, and this question is hard to answer. But I'll try. Sentence length is something that creates a rhythm in the text. For example, let's think of a situation where you have successively longer sentences, coming one after the other, and the reader has to parse them. Next, a short sentence appears. My point is that whether you go with a longer, flowing sentence or two shorter ones is entirely dependent on the context. While I actually prefer combining these two sentences, I think your specific example of a unified sentence is a little clumsy. _But_ perhaps it fits brilliantly with the text surrounding it; we don't know. So if you want easy-to-parse description, something the reader will breeze through, go with the two short sentences. If you want a more flowing, immersive, artistic paragraph, go with the single sentence.
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2013-06-15T14:57:07Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 3