Changes for page Simple sentences
Last modified by Lizzie Bruce on 2020/01/11 23:51
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edited by Lizzie Bruce
on 2019/04/23 17:19
on 2019/04/23 17:19
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Added specific link on simple sentences to the Ann Wylie reference
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... ... @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ 74 74 75 75 [['Content design'>>url:https://contentdesign.london/book/]], Sarah Richards, 2017 76 76 77 -[['Short sentences boost readability ,Nearly 140 years of research proves it'>>77 +[['Short sentences boost readability. Nearly 140 years of research proves it'>>https://www.wyliecomm.com/2018/08/short-sentences-boost-readability/]] A. Wylie, a collection of studies since 1880s, 2018 78 78 79 79 [['Indlish: The book for every English-speaking Indian'>>http://www.vivagroupindia.com/frmBookDetail.aspx?BookId=5020&Status=C]], J. Sanyal, 2006. Book. 80 80
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... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +It's my experience that when you say to people "X should be on average Y long", they hear "X should be at least Y long". They get hung up on the number and think they have to reach it. I could absolutely imagine that people who are not experienced (usually exactly the ones who want clear and explicit guidance) will see this and make sentences *longer* because theirs is only 10 words. TL;DR: I don't think is bad advice, but I do think people are bad at averaging and bad at understanding that X limit does not mean "write X much" :) - Date
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