There has been a discussion on board@, subject "[Sidebar] [D&I] Example
of exclusion from debate", about writing English in a style that will be
accessible to as many ASF participants as possible.
Tools for evaluating writing have been mentioned.
LIX index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lix_(readability_test)
Gunning-Fog: https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/gunning-fog.html
I have a concern about both of those. They seem to be keyed to the
sequence in which children develop written language skills in school.
Most ASF participants are educated adults, typically very sophisticated
readers and writers of at least one language. My question, especially
for those who are not completely fluent in written English, is whether
the same things give them difficulty.
I have studied French, and can read it a bit. Complex sentence structure
and multi-syllable words are no problem for me. Colloquial expressions
and cultural references, even using single syllable words and short
sentences, are much harder to understand.
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