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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 36957" data-attributes="member: 2672">Overly long sentences - usually anything more than 40 words.This article is a good read to explain clarity of writing and short(er) sentences:<a href="https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2014/08/04/sentence-length-why-25-words-is-our-limit/" target="_blank">https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2014/08/04/sentence-length-why-25-words-is-our-limit/</a>The advice I was given by two highly accomplished writers (one was a partner, another was a copywriter for law firms’ marketing departments) was to think about the flow of sentences - lots of short sentences back to back will sound too abrupt, too many long sentences and you’ll lose your reader - so weave different sentence lengths in for variety and impact.Realise I could have taken my own advice with that last sentence of 61 words <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

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