Re:Compare sentence length distributions of famous authors
by canjobear on Sunday November 01, 2020 @09:33PM
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Sentence length is pretty arbitrary considering that in many cases the choice of whether to insert a sentence-ending full stop is arbitrary. Almost any period can be replaced with a semicolon. And what should you do with a clause that starts with "however"? Should it be a separate sentence, or attached to the previous one with a comma or a semicolon? So I've never considered sentence length to be very meaningful.
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Re:Compare sentence length distributions of famous authors
by forgotmypw17 on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:53AM
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>in many cases the choice of whether to insert a sentence-ending full stop is arbitrary
only if you ignore the logical meaning of the words and the meaning of their particular grouping.