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Originally Posted by M_a_t_t
One day I was trying to figure out why I found Julian's post easier to read and understand than aerohead's. It's been culminating in the back of my mind for a few days now.
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(1) When I first started commercially writing (about 37 years ago!) I assumed that the bigger the words I could put in, the better. After all, weren't they great examples of my writing abilities?
(2) When I became a school teacher, I realised that
understanding was key - and to use the required words to achieve that.
(3) When I started teaching professional writing, I realised that the clearer I could make the
concepts, the better.
(4) When I started writing books, I realised that the
simpler the words in which I could express the concepts, the better.
My book chapters - and, I hope, the writing I do here - come in at about
Flesch Kincaid 9-10. That is, 9-10 years of schooling.
I haven't run a test on Aerohead's verbiage but I'd guess FK = 13-16. It might just be that Aerohead is a crap writer, but my gut feeling is that he deliberately writes in obscure language.