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Subject:RE: Fog Index From:"Sue Ahrenhold" <SAhrenhold -at- IpdSolution -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 May 2002 11:06:47 -0400
Having spent the early part of my career plowing through official government documents or reports that would have earned scores in the 20s on anyone's Fog Index, I follow these rules:
Use the most precise word possible:
Correct: Sue Ahrenhold admonishes: <<Oh, come on, everybody!>>
Incorrect: Admonishment: Perilous declivity.
Use short sentences where possible:
Correct: The correct statement is "Use the right sentence length; don't artificially
shorten a sentence, nor allow a sentence to grow so long it collapses under
its own weight."
Incorrect: See any college term paper for far too many examples.
Geoff is right; I was oversimplifying.
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