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Ouch.
Average sentence length of 30.2 words? That’s long..
14% passive sentences? That’s not what I learned in English class!
Flesh-Kincaid Reading Ease at 34.6? That means that it’s “best understood by college graduates.” People, in other words, who have experience reading the most convoluted sentences imaginable. Something in the mid-50s or 60s would be substantially easier to read – therefore, easier to pay attention, grasp the key points, etc.
While there may be some benefits to the way I’ve written my major proposal, it’s obvious I have a way to go in terms of making it “easy to read.”
On the other hand, it was obviously good enough – it did get passed, after all, and is good enough to be used as a demonstration copy.
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| <p | <p><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://www.inscitia.com/ wp-content/uploads/image1.png" width="331" height="316" /> </p> <p><strong>Ouch< /strong>.</p> <p>Average sentence length of <strong>30.2 words</strong>? That’s <em>long</em>.. </p> <p>14% passive sentences? That’s not what I learned in English class! </p> <p><a href="http:// en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Flesch- Kincaid_Readability_Test" >Flesh-Kincaid Reading Ease</a> at 34.6? That means that it’s “best understood by college graduates.” People, in other words, who have experience reading the <a href="http:// www.amazon.com/ Distinction- Social-Critique-Judgement- Taste/dp/0674212770">most convoluted sentences imaginable</a>. Something in the mid-50s or 60s would be substantially easier to read – therefore, easier to pay attention, grasp the key points, etc. </p> <p>While there may be some benefits to the way I’ve written my major proposal, it’s obvious I have a way to go in terms of making it “easy to read.”</p> <p>On the other hand, it was obviously <em>good enough</em> – it did get passed, after all, and is good enough to be used as a demonstration copy.</p> | ||
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