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But James Joyce had an even higher index. The suggested changes do somewhat
convey the ideas, but completely omit the evidence. Essentially the
suggested changes turn something with persuasive evidence into a simple
summary statement. The last one implies a comparison, but with what? At
least the previous reworking actually compares two results, but only
qualitatively.
In other words improving the fog index turns exact language into mush. No
wonder student reading ability is going down. We are feeding them mush
instead of precise language.
John M. Clement
Houston, TX