For years, I've taught that clear sentences can be long. They just need short subject-verb units.
I still believe those propositions are true.
But when I read from a computer screen, I want short sentences. I prefer they be in short
paragraphs.
Am I alone?
I was told in grad school that the average sentence is 21 words long. That statistic applied to English
sentences written for an adult. If this post had longer (average 21 words) sentences, would you read it as easily?
(In the post above, the average sentence length is 9.44 words.)
Flesch Reading Ease 79.1 (70 is ideal.)
Flesch Grade Level: 4.2
1 comment:
In addition, I believe that long sentences can also be clear.
The preference for shorter blocks of text on a computer screen has a lot to do with the fact computer screens are still much rougher on our eyes (and therefore our brains) than reading from paper.
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