what does it mean readability formulas? I don't understand the concept can someone explain it to me please.

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As I understand it, this is how they come up with these readability numbers:
~~By counting the number of paragraphs in a piece of writing.
~~By counting the number of sentences in each paragraph and then averaging them.
~~By counting the number of words in each of the sentences and then averaging them.
~~By counting the number of syllables in the words and then averaging them.

The higher the numbers, the more difficult the written piece is judged to be.

Here are some websites with further explanations and how-to's to test out a newspaper article, an essay, or whatever:

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http://www.readability.info/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readability

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/readability-test.html

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