I ran text samples through three on-line writing analysis tools that are recommended by Doris & Bertie’s Good Copy, Bad Copy blog. The WritersDiet Test returns the most useful results, together with customized suggestions to improve your writing. The other two tests report details such as sentence length and readability.
The tests confirmed my opinion: many corporate and academic documents are horrible! The tests judged my writing to be surprisingly good and at the reading level of a US high school senior. Still, there’s always room for improvement. I’d like to make my writing easier to read. I’ll begin submitting my prose to these tests. We’ll see if it improves.
I think that Doris and Bertie’s summary of these tests is spot-on. They’re on-line so there’s nothing to install. I thank Doris & Bertie for the links. The three tests are:
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