Many classics are actually easier to read than most modern novels, when
you give them a go. In many ways it's why they are classics. The
authors using the correct words for the context and succinct phrases
rather than overblown pomposity one can get from pulp fiction authors.
Probably easier for deaf readers as well.
Bryan Jones,
Manager, Disability Support Services
& North London Regional Access Centre,
Middlesex University
Tel: 020 8411 5366
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Subject: Re: Converting text to BSL
This issue is a thorny one.
If it is the "greats" of literature we are talking about then they will
be debased by writing them in simple English - the Readers Digest
version if you will.
However I am firmly convinced that many academic documents are written
to impress the reader how cultured and clever the author is, rather than
get a point across. Bearing that in mind I must agree with John that
many texts should be rewritten with the ultimate aim of getting a
message across.
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