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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://zirk.us/users/grammargirl/statuses/114908881731657807">Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Friday, 25-Jul-2025 01:40:36 JST</a><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl" title="grammargirl@zirk.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/85932-48-20231024091441.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mignon Fogarty" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mignon Fogarty</a></section><article><p>I learned the most amazing fact from Anne Greene's new book "Writing Science in Plain English" — the human retina can only process about 7 letters at a time. </p><p>That means you have to focus on longer words twice before you can process them. It's another good reason to use shorter words!</p><p>WATCH: <a href="https://youtu.be/o3sIlmITE4w" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/o3sIlmITE4w</a></p><p>READ: <a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcript" rel="nofollow">https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcript</a></p><p>LISTEN: <a href="https://pod.link/173429229" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/173429229</a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GrammarGirl" rel="tag">#GrammarGirl</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Writing" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/podcast" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5401590#notice-10597573">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-07-25T01:40:36+09:00" title="Friday, 25-Jul-2025 01:40:36 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/114908881731657807" rel="external" title="Sent from zirk.us via ActivityPub">zirk.us</a></span></span><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/114908881731657807">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: podlink.imgix.net</div><h5><a href="https://pod.link/173429229#GrammarGirl">Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4982049">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><video poster="" controls="controls"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/908/873/832/165/258/original/673b7584c0400011.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></li><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/4982050?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3sIlmITE4wREAD&amp;feature=youtu.be">Why plain English matters in science (and everywhere else), with Anne Greene. Episode 1102</a></h5><div></div></header><div>1102. This week, Anne Greene joins us to talk about the importance of writing with plain English, especially in scientific fields. We look at why short words...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcriptLISTEN">https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcriptLISTEN</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Friday, 25-Jul-2025 01:40:36 JST Mignon Fogarty
I learned the most amazing fact from Anne Greene's new book "Writing Science in Plain English" — the human retina can only process about 7 letters at a time.
That means you have to focus on longer words twice before you can process them. It's another good reason to use shorter words!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/o3sIlmITE4w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
#GrammarGirl #Writing #podcast
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  Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
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