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AnimalMuppet • yesterday at 8:05 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

But if you go too far the other direction, too many common n-grams, then it becomes platitude-speak, and nobody wants to read that either.


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rustyhancock • yesterday at 8:12 PM

I don't think the paper really deals with that side of things. Just readability in terms of cognitive load.

a10c • yesterday at 8:13 PM

correct, and that's largely why writing is a creative endeavour.