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Fry, Edward – 1982
"Writeability" is concerned with helping writers and editors produce materials on easier readability levels. A major input of most readability formulas is vocabulary difficulty. One way to increase readability is to use simple vocabulary or shorter words since word frequency studies show that more common words are shorter. The other…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Punctuation, Readability, Readability Formulas
