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Subject: Re: redundancy in language and mis-pronu - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 27-Nov-83 22:59:20 EST
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smu!leff    Nov 27 08:07:00 1983

High school English teachers were queried as to whether they prefered
simple direct prose or long winded pompous prose.  The majority preferred
direct prose.  However, when given student papers to grade the ones
that were the more long winded got the better grades.