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75 75  [['Content design'>>url:https://contentdesign.london/book/]], Sarah Richards, 2017
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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
77 +[['Short sentences boost readability, Nearly 140 years of research proves it'>> https://www.wyliecomm.com/2018/08/short-sentences-boost-readability/]] A. Wylie, 2018
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79 79  [['Indlish: The book for every English-speaking Indian'>>http://www.vivagroupindia.com/frmBookDetail.aspx?BookId=5020&Status=C]], J. Sanyal, 2006. Book.
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1 -Chris in Oslo
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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" :)
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