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The only word that comes to my mind, is being literate, but that is just a person that can write altogether.

Is there something for people that can write in a "better" way; someone that just writes "fancier"?

For "Mr. Dave writes really good sentences" would you just say "Mr. Dave is literate in English" or is there a word that would fit in "Mr. Dave is ~insert word here~"?

I know that "writing good sentences" is kind of subjective but I hope I could bring my point across.

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  • Mr. Dave is [very / highly / extremely] articulate. He speaks / writes very well.
    – FumbleFingers
    Apr 12, 2022 at 17:47
  • I assume that it also works in the sense of He can write *more articulate* sentences, right?
    – S-Flavius
    Apr 12, 2022 at 17:50
  • Strictly speaking, yes. But speaking as someone who considers himself relatively "articulate", I think it would be better to stick to using it to describe the attribute of a speaker / writer, rather than extending it to the competent speaker's actual utterances. That might just be a personal preference, though.
    – FumbleFingers
    Apr 12, 2022 at 17:54
  • I see. This answers the question. Thanks a bunch!
    – S-Flavius
    Apr 12, 2022 at 18:06
  • As Steve Martin says, “Some people have a way with words, and others… not… have way.”
    – Jim
    Apr 13, 2022 at 3:08

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Mr. Dave is a wordsmith. Mr. Dave is a good writer.

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    Exactly. Writing is always in sentences, so simply writing does the job. But, since writing is a learned and very difficult skill (as opposed to recognizing and drawing written words), some people are better at it than others. @Rederdex: Take a look at anything by John McPhee or Terry Pratchett to see what I mean. They're both very good writers; and they do it with sentences.
    – John Lawler
    Apr 13, 2022 at 18:58
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    @JohnLawler Ah, McPhee is the best.
    – Lambie
    Apr 13, 2022 at 19:03
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You can write

Mr Dave can write fluently.
Mr Dave is fluent in English.

Lexico has

fluent
ADJECTIVE

Able to express oneself easily and articulately.

We don't usually say that someone writes a good sentence. One expression is

Mr Dave has a good turn of phrase.

Farlex says of this

An eloquent style of writing or speaking.

and this suggests another way to talk about Mr Dave's ability:

Mr Dave is a very eloquent writer.

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