Comment by ethanelasky (ethanelasky-1) on Why Have Sentence Lengths Decreased? · 2025-04-20T09:21:03.170Z · LW · GW

With regards to the State of the Union address, one contributing factor might be the method of delivery. The State of the Union is now intended for a television or radio audience, whose spoken format favors shorter, more simple sentence structures when compared with print.