The Gunning Fog IndexPaul McannallyThe score was 15.25. The score is based on th

The Gunning Fog IndexPaul McannallyThe score was 15.25. The score is based on th

The Gunning Fog IndexPaul McannallyThe score was 15.25. The score is based on the average length of sentences and the ratio of complex words per total words. The provided passage has a total of 146 words with 8 sentences, resulting in an average sentence length of 18.15 words. Using the average sentence length with a total of 29 complex words gives an index of 15.25, as calculated by the formula below: 0.4 * (146 words / 8 sentences) + 100 * (29 complex words / 146 words)It seems like it might give a general idea of readability, but I think there are too many variables in language where a formula such as this would not be accurate in all cases. It’s probably good for measuring basic writing. But I imagine certain literature, poetry, technical documents, or writing with specific vernacular would provide inaccurate results. There are also many familiar words that have three or more syllables that would be understood at a lower reading level, which would skew the results. Words like banana, family, and dinosaur, and some more difficult words like boustrophedonic, endopterygota, and geometridae would all be treated equally.