> how long sentences are in writing from a century or more ago Those were hunted down to extinction for ratings, about the time audience ratings were figured o

> how long sentences are in writing from a century or more ago Those were hunted down to extinction for ratings, about the time audience ratings were figured out. Not a reader left behind, so to speak ... Most really deserved to be taken out and shot, they just demonstrated how lazy and unkempt the writer was. Editing was hell.