Legal Writing & Drafting in Plain English Writing Short: Shorter Sentences Make Writing Readable

摘要

Reading long sentences is arduous task Legal and bureaucratic writing is often verbose and packed in stretched sentences, difficult to digest in one reading. Long-rambling sentences often puzzle the readers. They not only the purpose of any writing (to convey ideas from one mind to another with a minimum of difficulty), but also create stress for the reader and result in mental agony because it forces the reader to read the written material two or more times. Getting rid of this one unwholesome feature of writing alone would make your writing largely readable and comprehensible. Long sentences kill interest in reading and annoy the reader. The readers consider it as punishment to read long sentences.