Readability Scale built into Microsoft Word?!

Check this out, if interested: "You can also check the readability level of a passage using the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level built into the newer versions of Microsoft® Word...To display readability statistics...

* On the Tools menu, click Options, and click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
* Select the Show readability statistics check box, and then click OK.
* On the Tools menu, click Spelling and Grammar .

When Microsoft® Word finishes checking spelling and grammar, it displays information about the reading level of the document."

retrieved from: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html

final meeting of the Cafe!

The final conversation cafe of the year will be held on Tuesday, May 8th at the Southern Sun Brew Pub in Boulder from 4:00-5:00. This has become a great forum for the collegial kicking around of ideas, issues and solutions, and I have very much enjoyed your company. We're currently taking topic ideas for this final meeting. Feel free to email me your suggestions.

If you can't make it, some of our past discussions can be viewed on http://thingsthatsputter.blogspot.com/

BVSD English Conversation Cafe
Tuesday, May 8th
4:00-5:00
Southern Sun Brew Pub
627 South Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
(303) 543-0886
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End of Year

"Doth the wind sit in this corner?" (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing)


As the year begins to wind down, (therefore UP!), I wanted to wish you all a happy winding.
See you soon!
Clint

Thanks for the emails!

The discussion on passive/active voice as an entry point to the whole 'linking verb' issue was helpful. We'll be meeting for the final time this year in early May. I'm open to suggestions regarding cafe topics. ??
Clint