Fourth Graders' Writing
(1986 Study)
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Figures per main clause (MC) are actually per 100 MC.*

Rec No Read % Lang % Total W W
/MC
MC Long MC Short MC Var TSC /MC % W inPP Inf /MC Gn /MC Gve /MC App /MC
Avg 71 90 342 7.7 18.9 3.0 47.1 22 23 7.2 1.0 1.0 4.4
1 80 94 483 8.6 26 4 53.1 27 26 7.1     7.1
2 61 95 322 8.1 21 2 47.8 10 18   2.5   20.0
3 90 95 146 9.1 21 5 52.0 38 21        
4 51 81 365 7.6 18 3 45.4 15 24 8.3 2.1    
5 72 98 449 8.5 19 3 40.7 42 28 3.8     3.8
6 90 97 306 6.7 18 3 35.5 2 22 4.3   2.2  
7 87 64 254 8.5 20 2 60.4 27 25 33.3      
8 39 87 271 7.1 16 3 44.5 39 13 10.5     5.3
9 49 91 390 5.6 11 1 40.9 6 22 2.9   5.7 2.9
10 93 97 438 7.6 19 4 50.3 16 27 1.7 5.2 1.7 5.2

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* This not only eliminates decimal points and place-holding zeroes, but it also allows us to say, for example, that if the figure of TSC/MC is six, then, assuming that the clauses are distributed evenly, six per cent of the main clause have subordinate clauses. Zeroes have been eliminated from the table because they simply add clutter.