Saturday, January 24, 2009

Professionalism vs. Amateurism

Professional Student

Total number of words ___542________ ____1,156____

Total number of sentences ____31_______ ___55_____

Longest sentence (in # of words) ____46_______ ___36_____

Shortest sentence (in # of words) _____3______ ____15____

Average sentence length ____23_______ ____20____

Number of sentences w/ more than

10 words over the average length ___25________ ___21_____

Percentage of sentences w/ more

than 10 words over the average ____80%_______ ___40%_____

Number of sentences w/ more than

5 words below the average ____10%_______ ___10_____

Percentage of sentences w/ more than

5 words below the average _____10%______ ___20%_____

Paragraph Length

Longest Paragraph (in # of sentences) _____5______ ____12____

Shortest Paragraph (in # of sentences) _____3______ ___5_____

Average Paragraph (in # of sentences) ______4_____ ____8____


I noticed that the professional liked to write very long sentences. He rarely used short sentences. When he, it was to get his point across. I also noticed that his tone was very informative and not very personable. Mine, on the other hand, was more personal and didn't seem like a robot was writing. But over all i think that his outline and progress was more fluid than mine was. I sometimes get off topic but it is my rough draft. Finally I think that I use a lot more words to get my point across.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I noticed that the professional wrote very long sentences as well. My editorial also was way over the amount of words the professional used.