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New Writers, This Grammar Mistake Is Holding You Back (Easy Fix)
The most common grammar mistake I’ve seen as an editor
I kept running out of breath…and I’m a runner.
I recently became an editor for one of my favorite Medium publications Short.Sweet.Valuable which means I’ve been spending a lot of time reading submissions, making sure images are properly credited and leaving feedback here and there and luckily for me every story is about 300 words long which means I can get through multiple stories fairly quickly and honestly, unless your story is AI-generated or discusses a very controversial topic, we will publish it within a day or two.
Okay, let’s pause for a minute…
Were you able to follow that monster of a sentence without pausing to catch your breath?
If the answer is yes, then please leave me a comment. I would like to know your resting heart rate and your cardio training routine.
The run-on sentence
I was obviously exaggerating a bit with my example, because fortunately, I haven’t encountered anything that bad, yet.
But putting together very long sentences without the proper use of commas (,) and periods (.) is quite common among new writers.
