The "concise and clear" style of writing that's prevalent in the Anglophile world isn't nearly as popular in other cultures. In primary school in post-communist

The "concise and clear" style of writing that's prevalent in the Anglophile world isn't nearly as popular in other cultures. In primary school in post-communist Bulgaria, we were given bonus points for constructing compound sentences with 3 or 4 clauses, for using different words for referring to the same entity (rich vocabulary, supposedly). Repeating the same noun in a consequent sentence was a big no-no. Writing in a "concise" way made you look "simple" to the teacher, and complex sentences made a good impression even when the content is factually or semantically unsound.