Writing in the Queen's English

January 25th, 2012 |

Author: Lambert

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Writing in the Queen's English

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Writing in the Queen's English

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Are you one of those people, who feels like their grasp of english needs working on?

Maybe you are an accomplished writer, but often let yourself down by making silly grammatical mistakes?

Well, you could change all this, by enrolling on a Better writing course.

Below is a small extract taken from the course, to show you the kind of thing you will learn, once enrolled on a Better writing course.

Students on our writing courses often ask me: ‘Aren’t we supposed to write in the Queen’s English?’

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That’s usually when I have suggested that they start a new sentence with the word ‘and’ to make it flow better, or when I’ve said to divide a long sentence into two, rather than use a semi colon.

Some may find it shocking to learn that probably the only person to use the Queen’s English these days is – the Queen. In fact I’ve a suspicion she may have been the only person who ever used it. I remember hearing a voice coach analyse a speech she made when she was 16, and commented that he had never heard language, or pronounciation like it, before or since!

I was told at school never to start a sentence with the words and, but or so; to only start a new paragraph when you start a new idea. Maybe you were, too. And purists can get very upset if you break the rules.

But rightly or wrongly, the rules of Queen’s English do not always apply to modern writing. Today, you write for your reader, not for your teacher or Her Majesty.

So you may need to break some rules of grammar to make sure your copy reads more fluently. It all depends who you’re writing for – or, to say it correctly, for whom you’re writing!

If your copy is intended for English scholars or lovers of literature, you would use the traditional rules of grammar, and would be frowned upon if you didn’t.

But if you’re writing for any other medium – the web, a magazine, a newspaper – you should always analyse its writing style, before you start. Look at the lengths of the sentences, the lengths the paragraphs, the types and lengths of the words used, and whether the tone is formal or relaxed.

Then you write accordingly, knowing that you have carried out the writer’s primary objective: to write in a style that your reader – not your teacher – understands.

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