The clear-copy rule of writing for the web

"So many English teachers shoved complex sentences down my throat that now a simple sentence almost makes my skin crawl." That's Tim Biden, during a Twitter conversation about writing for the web. He was responding to a tweet Rough Draft host Demian Farnworth shared with a link to his first Copyblogger post: "The Disgustingly Simple Rule for Web Writing That's Often Hard to Swallow." Tim retweeted the link and said, "I hate that he's right." Clueless,...