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My apologies if this isn't the best group for the question, I'm tapping many
sources on this hoping to find the proverbial needle in the haystack.
I'm a technical writer and familiar with MS-Word's "Fleish-Kincaid
Readability" statistics. A nice tool, but one that doesn't provide guidance
along with the information.
Anyone know of a source for readability/grade level guidance? An example
being the "Don't utilize 'utilize', use 'use!" admonition for simplicity.
We aim for an 8th grade reading level overall and I know there are words
that tend to be higher level and words that tend to be lower level. I can
catch a lot myself (This all started when I realized I was writing "prior
to" instead of "before" and "necessary" instead of "needed") but got to
thinking that perhaps there's some form of guidance.
Any suggestions would be appreciated,
Shane
sources on this hoping to find the proverbial needle in the haystack.
I'm a technical writer and familiar with MS-Word's "Fleish-Kincaid
Readability" statistics. A nice tool, but one that doesn't provide guidance
along with the information.
Anyone know of a source for readability/grade level guidance? An example
being the "Don't utilize 'utilize', use 'use!" admonition for simplicity.
We aim for an 8th grade reading level overall and I know there are words
that tend to be higher level and words that tend to be lower level. I can
catch a lot myself (This all started when I realized I was writing "prior
to" instead of "before" and "necessary" instead of "needed") but got to
thinking that perhaps there's some form of guidance.
Any suggestions would be appreciated,
Shane