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ERIC Number: EJ348929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Fry, Smox, Lix and Rix: Insinuations about Corporate Business Communications.
Courtis, John K.
Journal of Business Communication, v24 n2 p19-27 Spr 1987
Investigates the effectiveness of the prose communication in contemporary corporate annual reports. Indicates that a sample of 65 Canadian annual reports for 1984 were classified as "difficult" to "very difficult" and beyond the fluent comprehension ease of 92 percent of the adult population and 56 percent of the investor population. (JD)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business English, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension, Technical Writing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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