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On 2/2/2018 9:59 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

The other lesson from this study is that we should aim to
reduce complexity in our writing as much as possible. We
won't lose credibility by doing so. Our readers will
comprehend and retain our ideas more reliably. And we'll
have a higher likelihood of reaching more people.

Whittle it down to a bumpersticker.

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On 2/3/2018 7:37 AM, Witziges Rätsel wrote:

On 2/2/2018 9:59 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

The other lesson from this study is that we should aim to
reduce complexity in our writing as much as possible. We
won't lose credibility by doing so. Our readers will
comprehend and retain our ideas more reliably. And we'll
have a higher likelihood of reaching more people.

This idea is at least 50 years old, asswipe.

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In message <p54l00$3s9$[email protected]> Witziges Rätsel <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2/2/2018 9:59 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

The other lesson from this study is that we should aim to
reduce complexity in our writing as much as possible. We
won't lose credibility by doing so. Our readers will
comprehend and retain our ideas more reliably. And we'll
have a higher likelihood of reaching more people.

Whittle it down to a bumpersticker.

If you can reduce complexity without eliminating precision, by all
means, reduce. Granted, that assumes that the only goal of writing is to transmit information.

This is a much harder task than most people realize.

--
'You have the right to remain silent,' he [Carrot] said. 'You have the
right not to injure yourself falling down the steps on the way to the
cells. You have the right not to jump out of high windows. You do not
have to say anything, you see, but anything you do say, well, I have to
take it down and it might be used as evidence.' --Guards! Guards!

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On 2018-02-04, Lewis <[email protected]ndmecopies> wrote:

In message <p54l00$3s9$[email protected]> Witziges Rätsel <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2/2/2018 9:59 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

The other lesson from this study is that we should aim to
reduce complexity in our writing as much as possible. We
won't lose credibility by doing so. Our readers will
comprehend and retain our ideas more reliably. And we'll
have a higher likelihood of reaching more people.

Whittle it down to a bumpersticker.

"keep the proles ignorant"

If you can reduce complexity without eliminating precision, by all
means, reduce. Granted, that assumes that the only goal of writing is to transmit information.

This is a much harder task than most people realize.

Readers of tabloid papers have smaller vocabularies than people who do
not read newspapers <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education/29885222>
(November 2014).


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On 2/23/2018 10:42 AM, Whiskers wrote:

Readers of tabloid papers have smaller vocabularies than people who do
not read newspapers <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education/29885222>
(November 2014).

Presumably people who read broadsheet newspapers have larger
vocabularies than either....r

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On 24/02/18 11:33, RH Draney wrote:

On 2/23/2018 10:42 AM, Whiskers wrote:

Readers of tabloid papers have smaller vocabularies than people
who do not read newspapers
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education/29885222> (November 2014).

Presumably people who read broadsheet newspapers have larger
vocabularies than either....r

That is not good news for my region. Gradually all of the broadsheets
have turned into tabloids ... both in size and in content.

Not only that. The packaging laws have changed, so that you can't even
use them for wrapping fish.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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