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Write Strong
Write Strong

Write Strong

ORIGINAL:

Now that you’ve created a queue and learned how to send, receive, and delete messages and how to delete a queue, you might want to try the following:

BETTER:

Now that you’ve created a queue and learned how to send, receive, and delete messages and how to delete a queue, we recommend you try the following:

EXPLANATION:

The phrase “you might want” is weak and slightly awkward. There is also no reason to consider the scenarios in which the reader might or might not want to try the following. It’s warmer and stronger to use the phrase “we recommend”. It’s also better to use the phrase “we recommend” because the sentence starts relatively strongly with the word “Now”.

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