Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

[brett_dunbar]

Apparently a lower score is better, simple sentences, clearer vocabulary and so forth. Last time (December 2006) I got grade 12.
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Brett_Dunbar's Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8Average number of words per sentence:17.84Average number of syllables per word:1.45Total words in sample:6316Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern

Comments

[seawasp]

No, a higher score is better. More complex sentences and words, not assuming your audience has Teh Dumb.

[brett_dunbar]

It can however be a bit opaque. Your meaning is less than clear. Anyway aren't you a fan of Doc Smith? I don't think he was known for elaborate prose....

[seawasp]

By today's standards, though, he used some more than two-dollar words, with the obdurately resisting wall-shields repelling the furiously-driven primary beams in a blaze of coruscating polychromatic refulgence.