prose

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A significant subset of them are formulaic in style—expository, structured, smooth, coherent and impersonal, traits that overlap with AI-generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The prose is clean and lucid, characters and cityscapes fully rendered, and “The Forsyte Saga” creates the pleasurable illusion that it might never end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The result, the author concludes, “is in many ways a blend of prose and poetry. He writes with a lyrical flair that entices the reader to read aloud and almost sing the story being told.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The research suggests AI writing’s fluency and professionalism can be misread as credibility, warning companies against equating prose quality with case quality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The writer must work to keep up the impression that his prose is a window onto the scene rather than just a mess of words.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker