Comments on: More on readability metrics http://www.badlanguage.net/more-on-readability-metrics Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel Cooper http://www.badlanguage.net/more-on-readability-metrics/comment-page-1#comment-711714 Rachel Cooper Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:19:19 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=62#comment-711714 Useful post! What about "Use parallel construction for bullet points"? Even if the content is clear, the switch in structure makes the reader's mind stumble. (Your bullet points aren't, uh, parallel.) Thanks for this. You've given me new elements to look for in my own writing and in documents I edit for clients. Useful post! What about “Use parallel construction for bullet points”? Even if the content is clear, the switch in structure makes the reader’s mind stumble. (Your bullet points aren’t, uh, parallel.)

Thanks for this. You’ve given me new elements to look for in my own writing and in documents I edit for clients.

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]]> By: Bad Language » Blog Archive » Tools for writing: Microsoft Word readability statistics http://www.badlanguage.net/more-on-readability-metrics/comment-page-1#comment-180 Bad Language » Blog Archive » Tools for writing: Microsoft Word readability statistics Sun, 28 May 2006 09:31:59 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=62#comment-180 [...] I’ve written about readability metrics before. They’re not going to make you a great writer but they can stop you being a dreadful one. Find out how to switch on readability statistics in Microsoft word. [...] [...] I’ve written about readability metrics before. They’re not going to make you a great writer but they can stop you being a dreadful one. Find out how to switch on readability statistics in Microsoft word. [...]

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