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Readability Score
I have a document where I need to increase the Readability ease (score) from
35.1 to 40. It has been suggested that I remove some content (e.g. the TOC and subtitles) to increase the reading ease. When I attempt to do this, my readability score goes down (e.g. from 35.1 to 32). Any suggestions on what to delete to increase the Reading ease? |
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Readability Score
Deleting the TOC and headings probably decreased your score since these were
being counted as "sentences." The Flesch Reading Ease score is based on sentence length and word length (actually, the number of syllables per word). When you deleted all the nice short "sentences" in your TOC, you actually increased the average length of the sentences in your document. If I might be so bold, I would suggest that rather than simply deleting something to make your score look better, you actually edit the document to make it more readable. Break up awkwardly long sentences. Simplify sentence structures. Substitute simple, direct words for more complex words. Changes such as those would make the readability score a more meaningful measure of your document. "Miasha" wrote: I have a document where I need to increase the Readability ease (score) from 35.1 to 40. It has been suggested that I remove some content (e.g. the TOC and subtitles) to increase the reading ease. When I attempt to do this, my readability score goes down (e.g. from 35.1 to 32). Any suggestions on what to delete to increase the Reading ease? |
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