Towards an Understanding of Mature Writing: Analyzing and Paraphrasing Complex Noun Phrases

T11is article challenges the commonly lu!ld view tlUlt long sentences and complex structures are 1111desirable features ef writing. Indeed the claim is made t/Ult,Jor prose intended far mature readers, writers must leam to use complex 1101m phrases in long sentences to emulate effective mature writing. Based 011 a scholarly article by a11 a1vard-wim1i11g writer, the analysis explains lww -ed, -ing, relative, verbless, prepositional, a11d to-infinitive clauses are used to create comp/e; postt11odifled noun phrases i11 differe11t positions in the sentence. For eac/1 example, a paraphrase is offered which does not use a complex 1101111 phrase, and the two versions are compared. In addition, anaphoric comple..x 11ow1 phrases are briiifly discussed.