Professional-Student
Total number of words 893-1,251
Total number of sentences 38-55
Longest sentence (in # of words) 15-25
Shortest sentence (in # of words) 8-6
Average sentence length 12-17
Number of sentences w/ more than 10 words over the average length 6-13
Percentage of sentences w/ more than 10 words over the average 16%-19%
Number of sentences w/ more than 5 words below the average 8-10
Percentage of sentences w/ more than 5 words below the average 18%-16%
Paragraph Length Longest Paragraph (in # of sentences) 6-10
Shortest Paragraph (in # of sentences) 1-4
Average Paragraph (in # of sentences) 4-7
The Professional paper used more paragraphs with fewer sentences. This probably helps to keep each paragraph more focused. My paragraphs tend to have more than one main point which can lead to confusion. Both papers had fairly good sentence variation. My paper is longer because it presents more of a solution to the problem.
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It's crazy, my professional opinion editorial's sentence lengths were so long. His paragraphs were basically 2-3 sentences long.
I love the title! If I got paid, maybe I'd write better too! But then, if I didn't write well, nobody would pay me to do it... Stupid Catch-22's...
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