Sixth Graders' Writing
(from State Standards)
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Figures per main clause (MC) are actually per 100 MC.*

Rec No Total W W
/Sent		 W
/MC		 MC Long MC Short MC Var TSC
/MC		 % W inPP Inf 
/MC		 Gn
/MC		 Gve
/MC		 App
/MC
Avg 148 13.4 9.8 19 5 50 58 20 15.6 4.7 1.4 1.8
1 205 9.8 8.2 17 5 42 28 21 12.0 8.0 - 4.0
2 253 13.3 11.0 24 4 62 52 26 17.4 8.7 13.0 -
3 243 11.0 9.0 19 4 38 67 12 18.5 3.7 - -
4 135 9.6 7.1 12 3 50 32 8 26.3 - - -
5 248 12.4 11.3 21 2 43 41 37 13.6 4.5 4.5 -
6 110 18.3 15.7 29 9 55 114 14 - - - -
7 52 10.4 5.8 11 2 56 22 6 - - - -
8 101 10.1 7.8 14 3 82 23 24 15.4 - - -
9 317 10.6 8.8 23 3 49 25 31 13.9 5.6 5.6 -
10 203 11.9 10.2 20 2 51 60 34 5.0 10.0 - 20.0
Rec No Total W W
/Sent		 W
/MC		 MC Long MC Short MC Var TSC
/MC		 % W inPP Inf
/MC		 Gn
/MC		 Gve
/MC		 App
/MC
11 75 18.8 8.3 20 4 72 56 7 33.3 22.2 - -
12 61 30.5 7.6 24 3 62 50 3 25.0 - - -
13 250 12.5 10.0 20 3 58 76 18 12.0 8.0 4.0 -
14 140 7.8 6.7 12 3 34 14 23 - 4.0 - -
15 126 7.0 6.6 11 2 37 26 15 10.5 - - -
16 135 27.0 13.5 33 5 77 90 21 10.0 - - -
17 231 12.8 9.6 21 3 57 75 17 20.8 4.2 8.3 4.2
18 166 7.9 6.9 15 1 62 54 19 4.2 16.7 4.2 -
19 99 9.9 9.9 19 4 40 70 12 30.0 - - -
20 114 8.8 8.8 28 4 53 31 22 30.8 - - -
Rec No Total W W
/Sent		 W
/MC		 MC Long MC Short MC Var TSC
/MC		 % W
inPP		 Inf
/MC		 Gn
/MC		 Gve
/MC		 App
/MC
21 259 15.2 12.3 23 5 46 48 30 33.3 4.8 - 4.8
22 179 17.9 11.2 26 4 55 75 23 6.3 31.3 - 18.8
23 155 6.7 6.5 19 1 62 33 6 - 4.2 - -
24 137 9.8 7.2 18 3 53 11 29 15.8 - - -
25 23 11.5 11.5 9 9 0 50 35 50.0 - - -
26 20 5.0 5.0 8 3 53 - 20 25.0 - - -
27 32 32.0 32.0 32 32 0 400 28 - - - -
28 97 7.5 6.9 14 4 38 14 32 - - - -
29 147 9.2 8.2 19 4 46 39 11 22.2 - - -

* 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.