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ERIC Number: EJ181249
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Predilections for Plethoric Prose
Sloan, Gary
College English, 39, 7, 860-5, Mar 78
Describes a study in which faculty and students evaluated two passages, one simple and direct, the other stilted and verbose; most rated the verbose passage more highly. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Writing (Composition)
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Identifiers: Verbosity