Re: Everything about Inf˙˙˙˙˙


26 Jun 95 16:10:08

bl947@tofree.net (Arlo Smith) wrote:

> Time Middleton (tim.middleton@canrem.com) wrote:
> : SE= I like the way Graham Nelson described it in the introduction: "[some
> : SE= parts] are both leaden _and_ patronizing". The style of it is
> : SE= excellent and just feels right for the subject.
>
> : Yes, I like Graham's style of prose writing as well. A friend of mine, who
> : shall remain nameless, finds it sounding a bit pretentious--but he's crazy.
> : <-:
>
> WHo's that? :) Yeah, well, if you run his manual through a grammar check,
> --stand back--, because it'll blow up the program, monitor, HD, Ajax,
> Pickering, and some other towns with lots of donut shops.

Reminds me of a post to rec.arts.books.tolkien some months back, where
someone had run part of The Silmarillion through a text analysis program,
and gotten the following result:

Reading age: 27
Overall legibility: Unreadable!

"This is not very good writing. It's difficult to read and the style
fault ratio is well above average. The author has little grasp of
clear writing."

(Sorry for getting this far off topic.)