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: INDEX Version 2.0 Copyright (c) 1985 Clarkson Software - WDH
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.and .but .or .for .yet .so 1
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.#CCONJ = #COUNT * 4
.#CCONJ = #CCONJ / 10
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.because .since .while .when .which .that .if .although .though 1
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.#SUB = #COUNT * 4
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.is .are .was .were .am .have .has .had .will .shall 1
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.#HELPING = #COUNT * 2
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.can .would .should .may .might .could .did .do 1
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.#MODAL = #COUNT * 4
..WORD
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.dont .isnt .arent .cant .cannot .couldnt .not .no .none .neither .nor .wouldnt
.wont .shouldnt .cannot 1
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.#NEG1 = #COUNT
.#NEG = #COUNT * 5
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.1 3
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.#SWORDS = #COUNT / 2
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.Mr. .Mrs. .Ms .I.E. .Dr. .P.O. .A.M. .P.M. .Inc. .Etc.
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.#SENTENCES1 = #COUNT
.#SENTENCES2 = #SENTENCES1 + #CCONJ
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.1 50
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.#WORDS = #COUNT
..count
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.8 1000
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.#X = #COUNT + #WORDS - #SWORDS + #HELPING + #MODAL + #NEG + #SUB
.#IND = #X / #SENTENCES2
.#ADJUST = #IND * 7
.#B = #ADJUST / 10
..type
:#B #B #B #B #B #B Basic Style (BS) Index = #B #B #B #B #B #B #B
Primer Prose Easy Readable Difficult Very Difficult
1-5 6-10 10-14 15-18 19 and above
Readability: Simple words in concise sentences make for readable prose.
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.#SLENGTH
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.B .B .JC .CLARKSON .A .About .Above .Across .Act .Add .After .Again .Against
.Age .Ago .Air .All .Almost .Alone .Along .Already .Also .Always .Am .America
.American .Americans .Among .An .And .Another .Answer .Any .Anything .Appear
.Are .Arm .Army .Around .As .Ask .At .Away .Back .Bank .Be .Became .Because
.Become .Been .Before .Began .Begin .Being .Believe .Best .Better .Between
.Big .Bill .Bills .Body .Bodies .Book .Books .Both .Boy .boys .Bring .brings
.Brought .Built .Business .Businesses .But .By .Call .Came .Can .Car .Cars
.Care .Carry .Carries .Case .Cases .Cause .Chance .Chances .Change .Child
.Children .City .Cities .Close .Color .Colors .Come .Comes .Coming .Company
.Companies .Condition .Conditions .Consider .Considers .Continue .Continues
.Cost .Costs .Could .Country .Countries .Course .Courses .Court .Courts .Cover
.Covers .Cry .Cries .Cut .Cuts .Day .Days .Dear .Demand .Demands .Did .Die
.Dies .Different .Do .Doctor .Doctors .Does .Dollar .Dollars .Done .Dont .Door
.Doors .Down .Dress .Dresses .Drop .Drops .During .Each .Early .Either .End
.Enough .Even .Evening .Evenings .Ever .Every .Everything .Eye .Eyes .Face
.Faces .Fact .Facts .Fall .Falls .Family .Families .Far .Father .Fathers .Fear
.Fears .Feel .Feels .Feet .Felt .Few .Fight .Figure .Fill .Fills .Find .Finds
.Fine .Fires .Fire .First .Five .Follow .Food .For .Force .Found .Four .Friend
.Friends .From .Front .Full .Gardens .Gardens .Gave .Get .Girl .Girls .Give
.Gives .Given .Go .Goes .God .Gone .Good .Got .Government .Great .Green .Had
.Half .Hand .Hands .Happen .Happens .Happy .Hard .Has .Have .He .Head .Heads
.Hear .Hears .Heard .Heart .Hearts .Held .Help .Her .Here .Herself .High
.Highs .Him .Himself .His .Hold .Holds .Home .Homes .Hope .Hopes .Horse
.Hourses .Hours .Hour .Hours .House .Houses .How .However .Human .Humans
.Hundred .Hundreds .Husband .Husbands .I .Idea .Ideas .If .Ill .Important .In
.Increase .Increases .Interest .Interests .Into .Is .It .Its .Iteslf .Just
.Keep .Keeps .Kept .Kind .Kinds .King .Kings .Knew .Know .Knows .Labor .Labors
.Lady .Ladies .Land .Lands .Large .Last .Lasts .Late .Laugh .Laughs .Law .Laws
.Learn .Learns .Least .Leave .Leaves .Left .Less .Let .Lets .Letter .Letters
.Lie .Lies .Life .Light .Lights .Like .Likes .Line .Lines .Little .Live .Lives
.Long .Longs .Look .Looks .Lost .Love .Loves .Low .Lows .Made .Make .Makes
.Man .Many .Mark .Marks .Marry .Marries .Matter .Matters .May .Me .Mean .Means
.Men .Might .Mile .Miles .Mind .Minds .Miss .Misses .Moment .Moments .Money
.Monies .Month .Months .More .Morning .Mornings .Most .Mother .Mothers .Move
.Moves .Mr .Mrs .Much .Must .My .Myself .Name .Names .National .Near .Nears
.Need .Needs .Never .New .Next .Nights .No .Nor .Not .Note .Notes .Nothing
.Now .Number .Numbers .Of .Off .Office .Offices .Often .Old .On .Once .One
.Only .Open .Or .Order .Orders .Other .Our .Out .Over .Own .Paper .Papers
.Part .Parts .Pass .Pay .People .Perhaps .Person .Picture .Pictures .Place
.Places .Plan .Plans .Plant .Plants .Play .Plays .Point .Points .Poor
.Possible .Power .Powers .Present .Presents .President .Presidents .Price
.Prices .Produce .Produces .Public .Put .Puts .Question .Questions .Quite
.Rather .Reach .Reaches .Read .Reads .Real .Reason .Reasons .Receive .Receives
.Red .Remain .Remains .Remember .Remembers .Rest .Rests .Result .Results
.Return .Returns .Right .Rights .River .Rivers .Road .Roads .Room .Rooms
.Round .Run .Runs .Said .Same .Sat .Saw .Say .School .Schools .Sea .Seas
.Second .Seconds .See .Sees .Seem .Seems .Serve .Serves .Set .Sets .Several
.Shall .She .Ship .Ships .Should .Show .Shows .Side .Sides .Since .Sir .Small
.Smile .Smiles .So .Some .Something .Son .Sons .Soon .Sort .Sorts .Sound
.Sounds .Speak .Speaks .Stand .Stands .Start .Starts .State .States .Step
.Steps .Still .Stood .Stop .Stops .Story .Stories .Street .Streets .Strong
.Such .Sun .Suns .Supply .Supplies .Suppose .Supposes .Sure .System .Systems
.Table .Tables .Take .Takes .Taken .Talk .Talks .Tell .Tells .Ten .Tens .Than
.That .The .Their .Them .Themselves .Then .There .These .They .Thing .Things
.Think .Thinks .This .Those .Though .Thought .Thoughts .Thousand .Thousands
.Three .Through .Thus .Time .Times .To .Today .Todays .Together .Told .Too
.Took .Toward .Towns .Tree .Trees .Tried .True .Try .Tries .Turn .Turns
.Twenty .Two .Under .Until .Up .Upon .Us .Use .Very .Voice .Voices .Wait .Walk
.Walks .Wall .Walls .Want .War .Wars .Was .Washington .Watch .Watches .Water
.Waters .Way .We .Week .Weeks .Well .Wells .Went .Were .What .When .Where
.Whether .Which .While .White .Who .Whole .Whom .Whose .Why .Wife .Will .Wind
.Winds .Window .Windows .Wish .With .Within .Without .Woman .Women .Wonder
.Wonders .Word .Words .Work .Works .World .Worlds .Would .Write .Writes .Wrong
.Wrongs .Year .Years .Yes .Yet .You .Young .Your 1
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.#WORDLIST = #COUNT
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.1 50
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.#TOTAL = #COUNT
.#X = #WORDLIST * 100
.#PERCENT = #X / #TOTAL
.#AV = #TOTAL / #SENTENCES1
..HISTO
: Sentences
Total words = #TOTAL
Total sentences = #SENTENCES1
Average words per sentence = #AV
Longest sentence = #SLENGTH
(Sentences of more than 29 words tend to be difficult to read.)
The following histogram allows you to compare sentence lengths.
Variation in sentence length makes for a livelier style.
line sent
no. length (Each asterisk represents one word.)
.Dr .Mr .Mrs .Ms .i.e
..MOST
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Diction
Of the #TOTAL words in the text #WORDLIST are from among 500 the most
common English words. The following list shows the eight words occurring most
frequently in the text (excluding the 500 most common). Study the list to
discover careless repetition.
freq. word
.CLARKSON
.P .B .JC .A .About .Above .Across .Act .Add .After .Again .Against .Age .Ago
.Air .All .Almost .Alone .Along .Already .Also .Always .Am .America .American
.Americans .Among .An .And .Another .Answer .Any .Anything .Appear .Are .Arm
.Army .Around .As .Ask .At .Away .Back .Bank .Be .Became .Because .Become .Been
.Before .Began .Begin .Being .Believe .Best .Better .Between .Big .Bill .Bills
.Body .Bodies .Book .Books .Both .Boy .boys .Bring .brings .Brought .Built
.Business .Businesses .But .By .Call .Came .Can .Car .Cars .Care .Carry
.Carries .Case .Cases .Cause .Chance .Chances .Change .Child .Children .City
.Cities .Close .Color .Colors .Come .Comes .Coming .Company .Companies
.Condition .Conditions .Consider .Considers .Continue .C