Via
The Frontal Cortex, I see that Amazon now has a few tidbits of information about some books, so I had to take a look to see the last two I worked on (not entirely my work/words, but mostly for amusement).
These statistics are computed from the text of this book.
(learn more)
| Fog Index: |
12.5 |
| 37% are easier |
|
63% are harder |
|
| Flesch Index: |
45.7 |
| 38% are easier |
|
62% are harder |
|
| Flesch-Kincaid Index: |
10.0 |
| 35% are easier |
|
65% are harder |
|
| |
| Complex Words: |
19% |
| 55% have fewer |
|
45% have more |
|
| Syllables per Word: |
1.8 |
| 55% have fewer |
|
45% have more |
|
| Words per Sentence: |
12.7 |
| 26% have fewer |
|
74% have more |
|
| |
| Characters: |
1,622,846 |
| 85% have fewer |
|
15% have more |
|
| Words: |
227,865 |
| 83% have fewer |
|
17% have more |
|
| Sentences: |
17,986 |
| 85% have fewer |
|
15% have more |
|
| |
| Words per Dollar: |
6,907 |
|
| Words per Ounce: |
5,217 |
|
Easy reading, and 6.9Kwords per dollar! That's about 20,000 words for the price of a (decent) latte! Where else can you get a bargain like that? Well...
(They didn't have the concordance set up for the
new edition yet)
These statistics are computed from the text of this book.
(learn more)
| Fog Index: |
13.1 |
| 56% are easier |
|
44% are harder |
|
| Flesch Index: |
46.9 |
| 40% are easier |
|
60% are harder |
|
| Flesch-Kincaid Index: |
10.5 |
| 53% are easier |
|
47% are harder |
|
| |
| Complex Words: |
18% |
| 53% have fewer |
|
47% have more |
|
| Syllables per Word: |
1.7 |
| 46% have fewer |
|
54% have more |
|
| Words per Sentence: |
15.1 |
| 64% have fewer |
|
36% have more |
|
| |
| Characters: |
2,173,556 |
| 98% have fewer |
|
2% have more |
|
| Words: |
337,224 |
| 98% have fewer |
|
2% have more |
|
| Sentences: |
22,325 |
| 98% have fewer |
|
2% have more |
|
| |
| Words per Dollar: |
9,921 |
|
| Words per Ounce: |
6,799 |
|
That's right -- almost 10,000 words per dollar! (The
new edition is even longer/larger, so the bargains keep piling on. Operators and Web sites are standing by.)
Print | posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 3:16 PM