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Just for giggles, I ran the Satya Nadella letter[1] through here, and this is what I got: 39 of 186 sentences are hard to read. 35 of 186 sentences are very ha
by o0-0o 12y ago
Just for giggles, I ran the Satya Nadella letter[1] through here, and this is what I got:
39 of 186 sentences are hard to read.
35 of 186 sentences are very hard to read.
35 adverbs. Aim for 17 or fewer.
26 words or phrases can be simpler.
15 uses of passive voice. Aim for 37 or fewer.
[1] http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html
- bronson 12y agoHa, good idea. That still seems too good a score. Maybe it should also flag lazy CEO words like harmonize, energizing, innovation, dialogue, synthesize, ubiquitous, ambient intelligence, digitize, maximize, empower, enable, ... etc. (Unless used for their original meaning, of course.) Any one is no big deal, but at one per sentence... oof.