The best way to write a perfect sentence is to lower your standards. I hope that advice doesn’t come across as some bait and switch, that there is no such thing as a perfect sentence.

How To Write a (Good) Sentence Adam Haslett on Stanley Fish. By Adam Haslett. Jan 23, 2011 1:36 AM. Tweet Share Share Comment Tweet Share Share Comment ...

Most sentences you write, you won’t bother parsing out like this. The 2-3-1 structure does its best work in opening lines. Like the opening line of One Hundred Years of Solitude: ...