Re plain language movements, in the UK there were Gowers’ “Plain Words” books from around that time (link provides links to full texts). I read these a very long time ago, but I don’t recall if he spoke of sentence length, being mainly occupied with the choice of words.
Re plain language movements, in the UK there were Gowers’ “Plain Words” books from around that time (link provides links to full texts). I read these a very long time ago, but I don’t recall if he spoke of sentence length, being mainly occupied with the choice of words.