Questions tagged [readability]
For questions regarding how readable a phrase is, and how to improve it.
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"Don't have a second email address?" VS "Do you not have a second email address?" [closed]
As a section heading we can have either:
OPTION 1:
Tip: Don't have a second email address?
That's OK, you can create a new one here.
OPTION 2:
Tip: Do you not have a second email address?
That's OK, ...
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"specifically" vs "particularly" vs "concretely"
In my publication text I wrote
The goal of this work is DAC, which can analyze data that could not be
processed before, specifically incomplete data.
I had the paper corrected by a professional ...
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How is the readability of the "to be implemented" used in this sentence?
Thanks for your time, below sentence is a sales achievement written in the summary at the beginning of my resume:
...sealing the deals, settling the exclusive design architectures of the to be ...
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Have I paraphrased a sentence without changing the meaning? [closed]
This is what I read:
"Neuroimaging of frequent internet users shows twice as much activity in the prefrontal cortex as sporadic Internet users during online tasks."
And this is how I ...
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It Is Okay To Consistently Use Short Sentences For Maximum Readability? (Hemingway) [closed]
Ever since learning about the Hemingway app I've changed how I write. My sentences used to be so long. I used to use "and" with comma's a million times. I was so blind to it! I didn't see ...
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"In order for" vs. "for" [closed]
Sometimes when writing I instinctively use "in order for" instead of "for" under the impression that this will make the sentence more readable, even though "for" would have been equally grammatical. ...
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Equivalent of readability score for speeches/public speaking?
I was wondering if there was any similar scoring to the common readability scores (Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fox index, etc.) which can establish approximately what level of reader would be required to ...
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How to read apostrophe in math [closed]
For example, I have one function called f. Now I make some change to f and create a new function called f'. But how do native people read the "f'"? Like "f apostrophe"?
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What is the average reader most likely to guess that “If they don’t have A or both B and C” was exactly intended to mean?
There is a sentence saying "If they don't have A or both B and C,"
I interpret it means "If they have no A or if they have neither B or C". Am I correct?
The condition seems to me that having only B ...
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Mass Noun em-dash List-of-Plurals em-dash Verb [closed]
Is it just me, or?
All of the content you see on Stack Exchange—all the questions, answers, edits, reviews, users, badges, tags, and more—is stored in a relational database.
Seems technically ...
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Confusion over passive sentence
I am currently writing an instructional document. I thought it'd be a good idea to use a readability tester for my dear future readers.
One sentence I put through the readability tester was detected ...
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Are text Readability Scores good indicators of advanced English skills? [closed]
This question is pretty subjective but will be useful for those who want to be English writers.
Basically, I wrote a short story which contains the following attributes :
Word count: 1200
Unique ...
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How to Write an Address in a Single Line?
Not sure about the punctuation and I am finding conflicting resources online. Also, any opinion on whether I should spell out "South" or "Street?"
Here's what I've got so far (not my real address):
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What is the opposite of 'read-only' besides 'writable' and 'editable'?
The context is a PDF form with read-only fields and editable fields. However, those terms are dissimilar. A true opposite would be uneditable and editable. Another true opposite would be read-only and ...
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Word Readability Grading - 7th Grade Dictionary [closed]
Has there ever been a "grading" of, say the 30/40000 most-used words to determine the US school grade readability level", i.e. 7th Grade, 8th Grade etc., in relation to readability of those ...
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Which sentence is correct about ability
My brother could write when he was four, so he was able to finish school earlier.
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My brother was able to write when he was four, so he can finish school earlier.
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What is considered "best practice" when making a quote memorable?
So I have this quote I'm working on:
Information has moved from the tip of the tongue to the tip of the fingers.
There is an alternate version I've made that reads as follows:
Information has ...
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Legibility of "of someone's failure to do" [closed]
Is the text in bold clear enough to read and understand?
The lawyer did not utter the rationale of the second complainant's failure to complete his application for leave to apply to the Federal ...
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Word for "studying a research article to get the most out of it"? [duplicate]
From the Word web dictionary:
Study: Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning
Particularly, I am looking for a word (synonym of 'study') ...
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in order followed by a sentence
Is this sentence correct?
The matrix naming must be arranged in the order that they are supposed to be calculated.
I mean from the aspect of in the order that. I feel when someone reads this ...
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how to properly use "that that" so as a listener/reader/speaker can comprehend the entire sentence without complication?
Be it either whilst writing or reading, I've not come by an easy way to comprehend the use of the 'that that' lexical ambiguity, taking into account that improper use of punctuation is not the issue.
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To comma or not to comma?
I often find myself putting excess commas and brackets (parentheses for all you US English speakers out there) into sentences, in hopes of rendering it more 'readable'.
The trouble is, I am never ...
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