write badly

Example Sentences

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But not all LLMs write badly in the same way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

When you’re beginning a writing project, give yourself permission to write badly.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022

There are many, many ways to write badly with “incomplete” sentences.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2013

They have found that engineering graduates are often so unschooled in the humanities that they talk and write badly, have not the wide background needed to become executives.

From Time Magazine Archive

People often tell me that academics have no choice but to write badly because the gatekeepers of journals and university presses insist on ponderous language as proof of one’s seriousness.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker