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RobertGunning’sFogFormula

Count100wordsGradeLevel=.4X(averagesentencelength+percentageofhardwords)Where: Hardwords=numberofwordsofmorethantwosyllablesRobertGunning/writing_tools/fog_index_form.htm

CheckforReadabilityTheGunningfogindexiscalculatedwiththefollowingalgorithm:1.Selectapassage(suchasoneormorefullparagraphs)ofaround100words.Donotomitanysentences;2.Determinetheaveragesentencelength.(Dividethenumberofwordsbythenumberofsentences.);3.Countthecomplexwords:thosewiththreeormoresyllables.Donotincludeproper