Correction: Effective Communication: Principles for Any Context (2)
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- When Notes Fly
- Topic
- Concepts
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 28 July 2026
The exact change
The article said Redish's single study directly caused the Plain Writing Act of 2010, and stated the sentence-length effect was consistent across all reader levels and embedded in every major readability formula.
Qualified the causal claim about legislation and softened the absolute 'every' and 'consistent' framing to what Klare's meta-analysis actually supports.
Suggested change
See before/after.
Why this is better
A single study rarely causes federal legislation directly, and 'every' and 'consistent across all levels' overstate typical research findings. Corrections add appropriate scope rather than adding new sources.
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