[Phys-L] Re: Fog Index

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

My sixth grade teacher called comic books mush books, because they
turned our brains into mush.  Well, according to RH's post they're not a
challenge or dumbed down.

bc

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> At 10:50 PM 11/2/2005,  John Clement, you wrote:
>
>
> > 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
>
>
> I don't consider John's note above to be mush,
>   even though it's fog index is < 8
> Do you?
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
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