{"id":14789,"date":"2021-12-02T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:20:56","slug":"write-like-churchill-in-one-syllable-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/12\/write-like-churchill-in-one-syllable-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Write like Churchill \u2014 in one-syllable words"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u2018Short words are best, and old words when short are the best of all\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>What do you notice about this passage, excerpted from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/3262983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article in <em>The Economist<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28921\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/12\/write-like-churchill-in-one-syllable-words\/one-syllable-words\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words.png\" data-orig-size=\"429,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"one-syllable-words\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want to improve reading ease?&lt;\/strong&gt; 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rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Andy Lidstone&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words-300x210.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words.png\" alt=\"Short one syllable words\" title=\"Short one syllable words\" width=\"429\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words.png 429w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/one-syllable-words-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Want to improve reading ease?<\/strong> Take a tip from Winston Churchill: Use mostly one-syllable words.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/united-kingdom-circa-1974-british-used-78617830\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by Andy Lidstone<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;Short words are best,&#8217; said Winston Churchill, &#8220;and old words when short are the best of all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;And, not for the first time, he was right: short words are best. Plain they may be, but that is their strength. They are clear, sharp and to the point. You can get your tongue round them. You can spell them. Eye, brain and mouth work as one to greet them as friends, not foes. For that is what they are. They do all that you want of them, and they do it well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;On a good day, when all is right with the world, they are one more cause for cheer. On a bad day, when the head aches, you can get to grips with them, grasp their drift and take hold of what they mean. And thus they make you want to read on, not turn the page. \u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the exception of \u201cWinston\u201d and \u201cChurchill,\u201d this 800-word story uses only one-syllable words. And, with an average word length of 3.7 characters, it scores a Flesch Reading Ease of 100.<\/p>\n<h3>Make 80% of your words one syllable long.<\/h3>\n<p>Take a tip from this passage: Use mostly one-syllable words.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, you won&#8217;t lose anything but reading difficulty. As Alden S. Wood, columnist on language and English usage, writes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"excerptbox\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8220;Compensation<\/em> and <em>remuneration<\/em> say nothing that <em>pay<\/em> does not say better. <em>Gift<\/em> is more to the point than <em>donation<\/em>. <em>Room<\/em> will beat <em>accommodation<\/em> every time, as <em>try<\/em> will defeat <em>endeavor<\/em>. On the other hand, <em>interface, parameter, viable, finalize<\/em> and <em>prioritize<\/em> are typical of the voguish words that mask, rather than reveal, what it is we want to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Use short words.<\/h3>\n<p>It is possible to write in mostly one-syllable words.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, members of the &#8220;Club for One-Pulse Words&#8221; go so far as to <em>speak<\/em> exclusively in words of one syllable.<\/p>\n<p>And you thought writing with short words was tough.<br \/>\n____<\/p>\n<p>Sources: &#8220;In praise of short words,&#8221; <em>The Economist,<\/em> Oct. 7, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Alden S. 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