I embarrassed myself (again) today.
I loaded the first block of information from the DGG web site (www.dgginc.com) into Word, turned on the readability statistics and pushed F7 (check spelling and grammar).
Grade Level: 15.9 (ouch!)
And I pride myself on being able to write a sentence...and one that someone else besides me can understand.
The best writing level for the web is between 6th and 8th grade. It's not because people only have that reading level, it's just easier to browse and read quickly at that level.
As an example: I'm reading a book by a PhD named John McClure now. He's a philosopher. The book has to do with deconstruction and texts and literary criticism. (Don't ask why any of those things make any difference to me; you don't want to know.) Anyway, McClure uses words like deontology, deconstructionalism, and ontological in the book. I had to get my American Heritage. Geez, get a Thesaurus and write in English.
Maybe I should follow my own advice.
I loaded THAT into Word.
Grade level: 6.7
That's more like it!
