[pct-l] RE The "Guide book" - Additional Info

[CopyShip.Net]

I had to smile as I read the 'English Lesson' given by a writer who has
herself clearly done little more than sleep through an English lesson or
two.

With phrases like "The odd thing is never does she mention what the
restaurant's hours are" and the misuse of commas and other structural
punctuation marks throughout; it should be back to school for Funnybone!

When subject to a readability scan, the following results are obtained..

Readability report for http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm%3Fid%3D160481 
readability grades:
        Kincaid: 8.4
        ARI: 10.5
        Coleman-Liau: 13.4
        Flesch Index: 65.5
        Fog Index: 12.1
        Lix: 44.8 = school year 8
        SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
        683 characters
        138 words, average length 4.95 characters = 1.46 syllables
        8 sentences, average length 17.2 words
        37% (3) short sentences (at most 12 words)
        0% (0) long sentences (at least 27 words)
        3 paragraphs, average length 2.7 sentences
        0% (0) questions
        50% (4) passive sentences
        longest sent 26 wds at sent 7; shortest sent 4 wds at sent 2
word usage:
        verb types:
        to be (7) auxiliary (2) 
        types as % of total:
        conjunctions 6(8) pronouns 6(8) prepositions 6(8)
        nominalizations 1(2)
sentence beginnings:
        pronoun (0) interrogative pronoun (0) article (1)
        subordinating conjunction (1) conjunction (0) preposition (0)


Of particular note is the "Lix Grade" of 44.8, which is the level expected
of an eight grader.  I don't know many thirteen year old English teachers!

People in the wilderness shouldn't throw dictionaries!

Drew
CopyShip.Net
(Publisher, educated at an English grammar school)


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of K. Scott Parks
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 5:42 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] RE The "Guide book" - Additional Info

Clarification, the lapdog, Adam,  was quoting from ChuckieV's journal. Not a

very nice journal entry. You can read the entire entry at 
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=160481


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