Originally Posted by
TheOtherDave™
I agree... for the most part. :hsugh:
When the language becomes overly obtuse, you will probably lose your audience.
But OTOH, to expect all college material to be written at the 10th-grade level is just ridiculous. That expectation negates the whole point of higher education IMO.
Well, in a major such as yours, I agree...but for other careers, primarily ones that are science related, communications that are brief, simple and concise tend to be the most effective.
One example that comes to mind is my girlfriend who is a forensic science major. She has to write 5-6 page lab reports that could easily be 25-30 pages. Using overly verbose and complex words tends to earn her lab reports worse grades.
But for anything linguisticly related, I agree.