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"If a reader had time to get used to reading syntax-colored prose..." Ha, that's exactly what I thought when I saw that example, too. Wouldn't written English
by davegauer 15y ago
"If a reader had time to get used to reading syntax-colored prose..."
Ha, that's exactly what I thought when I saw that example, too.
Wouldn't written English be much easier to learn (for both children and for ESL learners) if we always wrote the different parts of speech in different pleasant/subtle colors?*
It would certainly make skimming text much easier for advanced readers - much as syntax highlighting makes skimming source code much easier for professional developers.
*(Or perhaps slightly different typefaces to get around colorblindness issues.)
- swah 15y agoBut OTOH we skim so much that we can't read anymore :)
- davegauer 15y agoI don't think it has to be an either/or proposition. I read some things and skim others. You'll be happy to know I read your entire comment word-for-word. :-)
- swah 15y agoSure, I mean't in the sense that "British researchers say we (the internet generation) are getting worse at reading books (but we're very good at finding the useful information in a crowded website).