On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> However, when a professor asks for a 1500 word essay, he says "1500 words
> (6-7 pages)." This is a more or less consistent trend: whatever the ex[ected
> page count, the word count is significantly less compared to what I do in
> LyX. It makes the difference for me, between a 20 page paper, and a 25 page
> paper.
I wonder if your faculty are basing their expectations on typewritten
papers with monospaced fonts and ragged-right line ends. Try your essay in
Courier and ragged-right and see how many pages are consumed. I'd not be
surprised to learn that this is the difference.
Rich
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